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THE 


BAPTIST 
MISSIONARY MAGAZINE. 


Vol. LXVI.— MARCH, 1886.—No. 3. 


EDITORIAL. 


The Advance into Upper Burma. — Encouraged by the interest mani- 
fested in the recent opening of Upper Burma to missionary operations, the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Union have already taken steps to take that country for Christ. Mr. Freiday 
and Mr. Roberts are already in Upper Burma, as Shan and Kachin interpreters to the 
British Army, and will resume their missionary labors as soon as the country is sufficiently 
settled. Rev. A. T. Rose has been authorized to proceed to Upper Burma, and begin 
missionary labors at the capital. Mrs. Hancock will remove to the upper country as soon 
as it is settled and safe for the residence of American ladies. Offers for service in Upper 
Burma have been received from four other missionaries, now in the old stations ; and they 
will be moved forward as rapidly as the work already established can be provided for, 
and the circumstances will allow. Let the funds come in generously, that the good work 
of occupying Upper Burma may go on. 


The Telugu Jubilee. — The following telegram was sent to the Telugu Mis- 
sion Jubilee, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Missionary Union : — 


“MISSION JUBILEE, Downie, Nellore. Isaiah sixty. Philippians four, nineteen, twenty, 
twenty-one. MURDOCK.” 


The first part, the sixtieth chapter of Isaiah, is recommended for the Scripture read- 
ing at the missionary concert in March; the second part containing the salutation is as 
follows : — 


“ But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus. 
Now unto God, and our Father, be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Salute every saint in 
Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.” 


We are glad to say that the Telugu Mission Jubilee Service, given last month, proved 
a great success. Hundreds of Baptist churches in this country united with the missiona- 
ries at Nellore in joyful and grateful jubilee services. ‘The most of these services were 
held Sunday evening, Feb. 7, but some at other times. May all be stirred to new praying 
and giving for this as well as the other missions of the Union. 


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The Pentecostal Day of the Telugu mission, when 2,222 were baptized, was 
Fuly 3, 1878, instead of June as stated in the Telugu Mission Jubilee Exercise in the 
February Macazine. The baptism took place in a river a little north of Ongole, and was 
performed by six native preachers, of whom only two officiated at a time. The whole 
ceremony was conducted in the most orderly manner, the baptismal formula being 
repeated in each case, and the time occupied was about nine hours. This instance has 
settled forever the possibility of the immersion of the three thousand on the Day of 
Pentecost, which has been so often denied. 


Personal. — Mrs. C. D. King and children have safely arrived in Assam, —— 
Miss Eva Rolman sailed from San Francisco, Nov. 19, for Yokohama, Japan. —— Mrs. 
A. K. Gurney of Sibsagor, Miss Orrell Keeler and Miss Nettie Pursell of Nowgong, have 
safely reached their stations in Assam. Rev. L. Jewett, D.D., and wife, of Madras, 
have been compelled to leave India on account of the state of Mrs. Jewett’s health. They 
will remain in Malta during the winter, and then continue their journey to this country. 

Rev. R. Maplesden and wife of Nursaravapetta are also on their way to England, 
on account of the failure of Mr. Maplesden’s health. 


A. Sims, M.D., of the Livingstone Inland Mission on the Congo, who has 
spent three and a half years in the Congo Valley, has arrived in this country. Dr. Sims is 
more thoroughly acquainted with the Congo country and the missions there, from personal 
observation, than almost any other person. He has held prolonged interviews with the 
members of the Executive Committee of the Union; and they have gained from him a 
great amount of exact and satisfactory information, which will be of great value in the 
future conduct of the Congo mission. His statements, regarding the country and mission, 
confirm in general those already presented in the MaGazinE; and we hope in future to 
give to the public more detailed accounts of his personal experiences. 


The Congo Mission. — “All well here. If any should think the Congo a 
dangerous and unhealthy sphere, please tell them not one of our number wishes to 
exchange it for any other. Mrs. Clark says she has better health on the whole than she 
had in England. Miss Skakle is stouter and fully as healthy as in England. J am better, 
in spite of malaria and other discouragements.”’ — Rev. JosEpH CLARK. 


The Congo Railway. — We find the following in “‘The Freeman,” the prin- 
cipal journal of our English Baptist brethren. ‘They are rising in strength to push their 
work on the Congo with vigor. May the Baptists on both sides the Atlantic “ provoke one 
another to good works” in their friendly missions for the heathen of Central Africa. “Our 
confident expectation is that the opening of this railway will inaugurate a new era in our 
Congo mission. When train can be taken to Stanley Pool, and the steamship ‘ Peace’ 
can carry forward for more than a thousand miles, what will hinder the rapid development 
and extension of the missionary enterprise in ‘the interior of Africa? Happily we have 
upon the spot a noble band of men, whose hearts the Lord has touched, far more eager 
than any of us at home for the advance, and who are continually urging the cry, To the 
front! forward! ‘The response to their call has been hearty and generous, but we have 
only just begun the work. The land is scarcely entered. Vast regions wait to be claimed 


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for Christ, to be made Christians; and their call is to us and the American Baptist 
Missionary Union.” 


Worth Mentioning. — The First Church, New Brunswick, N.J., bears the 
palm for increase of subscribers to the Macazinr. Last year less than half a dozen were 
taken in the church ; but the new offer at seventy cents, to clubs equal to ten per cent of 
the church-membership, stirred a good sister to go to work, and she sends in a club 
of fifty. ‘This is just what the reduced offer was intended to encourage. The low price 
was named for large clubs, and we should be glad to have many others follow this good 
example. Will not some member in other churches go and do likewise ? 


The Bassein Institute. — We noticed in the January Macazing, that the 
Sgau Karens of Bassein had taken full charge of their Normal and Industrial Institute. 
We now learn, that, after a short trial, they have invited, the missionary, Mr. Nichols, to 
resume the superintendence of the school on his own terms. This would seem to indicate 
that, in the judgment of the Karens, entire self-dependence is not yet the most satisfac- 
tory and advantageous method of carrying on their Christian work. ‘This question of 
self-help and the independence of Christians in heathen lands is one of great difficulty, 
and by no means so simple as it appears to those who have seen but one side of it. 


Two Veterans Cone. — Within a very few months the Missionary Union has 
been called to part with the two senior missionaries in its service, — Rev. Cephas Bennett 
of Rangoon, Burma ; and Rev. Nathan Brown, D.D., of Yokohama, Japan. An obituary 
of Mr. Bennett, by Dr. Smith of Rangoon, was published in the February MaGazine ; and 
one of Dr. Brown will be found in this number, contributed by Rev. Mr. Bennett of Yoko- 
hama. We do not attempt to add any thing to the tributes furnished by these brother 
missionaries, but give the minutes adopted by the Executive Committee, and entered on 
their records. May the Lord raise up many worthy successors to those who are passing 
from toil to rest! 

Rev. Cephas Bennett, who died at Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 16, 1885, was, for some 
years before his death, the senior missionary of this society, having been appointed as 
a missionary printer in 1829. As superintendent of the Baptist Mission Press in Burma 
for more than half a century, he enjoyed the high privilege of giving to the world the 
printed Bible in three languages, —the Burman as translated by Dr. Adoniram Judson, 
the Sgau Karen translated by Dr. Francis Mason, and the Pwo Karen translated by the 
Rev. D. L. Brayton. From the Press, while under his care, were issued more than two 
hundred million pages of Scriptures, tracts, and religious and educational books, in all the 
dialects of Burma, the influence of which on the well-being of the people of that country 
can hardly be over-estimated. Mr. Bennett was ordained by his missionary brethren on 
the field, and, in the intervals of his work as a printer, he labored much as an evangelist 
among the people. He was prominent in the founding of the Burma Bible and Tract 
Society, and, also, was much engaged in the English Baptist Church in Rangoon. By his 
industry, energy, and devotion to his work, Mr. Bennett highly commended himself in a 
position second in importance and usefulness to none in the missions. 

The Executive Committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union have learned 
with sincere regret of the death of the Rev. Nathan Brown, D.D., at Yokohama, Japan, 
Jan. 1, 1886. Dr. Brown’s appointment as a missionary to Burma in 1831 antedates, bv 


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several years, that of any missionary of this society now living. He reached Maulmain 
in 1833, but removed to Assam in 1836 to begin the mission in that country. Return- 
ing to America in 1855, he remained in the United States seventeen years, and then 
sailed for Japan as the first appointment of the Missionary Union to that country. He 
translated the New Testament into the Assamese and Japanese, producing versions in both 
tongues which have received the approval of time and use. It is rare that to one man is 
given the ability and the opportunity to introduce the Word of God to such diverse 
peoples, and to assist in the founding and early history of two important missions. The 
Committee gratefully record their high appreciation of the long and valuable services of 
Dr. Brown, the ability and industry displayed by him in his work, and the rare integrity 
and devotion of his personal character. 


A STATEMENT. 


Boston, Mass., Jan. 27, 1886. 


Tue Executive Committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union desire at this 
time to call attention to the following announcements : — 


1. In pursuance of action taken at the last annual meeting of the Union, the appro- 
priations for the present year have been reduced as much as possible, consistent with 
justice and a reasonable regard for the permanence and prosperity of the missions. The 
retrenchment has been made chiefly in the line of educational work, in accordance with 
the expressed wish of the Union, and every effort is being made to conduct the missions 
with all the economy consistent with efficiency. 

2. The Conference Committee, between the Missionary Union and the Home Mis- 
sion Society, called for by a vote at the last annual meeting, has decided, in view of all 
the circumstances, that it is not expedient to make a special effort to raise the united 
debts of the two societies during the current fiscal year ending March 31, but that each 
society shall, for the present, pursue its own methods of increasing its funds and stimulat- 
ing the interest in its work. 

3. Plans have been adopted looking to the consolidation and more economical and 
efficient conduct of the mission work on the Congo, and the Mission will be carried on 
with strict regard to the Constitution of the Union, and the principles which prevail in the 
conduct of the other missions of the Union. Contributions from all interested in the 
evangelization of Africa are solicited for this important work. 

4. Special attention is called to. the recent opening of Upper Burma for missionary 
work, by its annexation to the British possessions in India. Judson looked to Upper 
Burma with longing eyes, and made several attempts to establish permanent missions 
there ; but he was driven out, as have been all who have followed him in the same 
attempts. At last, after long waiting, the way is open, and the harvest field of much toil 
and many prayers is before us. Shall we go up and possess the land? Will the Lord’s 
people give the money to carry on his work ? 

The estimated amount to be raised before March 31, in order to close the fiscal year 
without a debt, is $175,000; and the new openings call for an immediate and permanent 
increase to the income of the Missionary Union of at least $60,000. This is equal to an 


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increase of thirty per cent in the donations. It must come at present chiefly from 
those already interested in the work. Can you add thirty per cent to your usual contri- 
bution to the Union, in view of all the Lord has done for you, and is doing for the world? 
Some may not be able to do this, but do what you can. Some may be able to do more: 
give, then, as the Lord has prospered you. Some may have received special mercies 
this year: will you not bring a thank-offering to the Lord for all his goodness? The 
time is short. What is to be done must be done soon. ‘ Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, 
as to the Lord,” “ for the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.” 


By order of the Executive Committee. 


EUSTACE C. FITZ, Chairman. 


J. N. Murpbock, Corresponding Secretary. 


MISSIONARY CONCERT PROGRAMME. 


SUBFECT.—“ PRESENT NEEDS OF OUR MISSIONS.” 


[Pastors will please change to suit their own wishes. ] 

1. Singing. 

2. Scripture. Isa. lx. (This chapter formed part of the telegram of congratulation sent to the 
Telugu Mission Jubilee held at Nellore, India, Feb. 5~i2, on behalf of the Executive Committee of 
the Missionary Union.) 

3. Prayer. 

4. Singing. 

5. The Pentecostal Day. (MIsstlOoNARY MAGAZINE, March, 1886, p. 60.) 

6. Upper Burma in the Hands of the English. (MAGAZINE, January, 1886, p. 1.) 

7. The Life of Buddhism.— Advance. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 36.) 

8. Rangoon. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 48.) 

9. Now is Our Time. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 47.) 

10. The Advance into Upper Burma. (MAGAZINE, March, 1886, p. 59.) 

11. Prayer. 

12. Singing. 

13- A Railroad on the Congo. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 30.) 

14. The Congo Railway. (MAGAZINE, March, 1886, p. 60.) 

15. The Congo Mission. (MAGAZINE, March, 1886, p. 60.) 

16. Rev. Joseph Clark’s letter. (MAGAZINE, March, 1886, p. 76.) 

17. Prayer. 

18. Singing. 

19. A Home Mission Worker. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 30.) 

20. A Baptist Girl. (MAGAZINE, January, 1886, p. 2.) 

21. Giving in Prome. (MAGAZINE, January, 1886, p. 23.) 

22. For the Debt. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 47.) 

23. Exporting Religion. (MAGAZINE, January, 1886, p. 16.) 

24. Almost a Year in China. (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 49.) 

25. Yokohama. (A voice from the dead.) (MAGAZINE, February, 1886, p. 49.) 
26. Last paragraph of “ A Statement.” (MAGAZINE, March, 1886, p. 62.) 

27. Collection. 
28. Prayer. 
29. Singing and Benediction. 


From Upper Burma.—God's Tenth. 


GENERAL ARTICLES. 


FROM UPPER BURMA. 


REV. J. A. 


I AM very glad to write you once more from 
Mandalay. I came here this time as Shan 
interpreter to the British expeditionary force, 
commanded by Major-Gen. Prendergast, and 
sent to dethrone King Thebau. My first duty 
was to translate and have printed in Shan, 
Gen. Prendergast’s proclamation to the people 
of Upper Burma, announcing the purpose of 
the expedition, and promising protection to 
all quietly disposed persons. My second duty, 
and a most pleasant one, performed last Satur- 
day afternoon, was to guide the Twenty-third 
Madras Infantry to the south and east gates 
of Thebau’s palace. Every thing had pre- 
viously been surrendered at Ava, so that the 
march of nearly eight thousand men, with 
bands playing and colors flying, through the 
streets of the Golden City, to the palace, was 
really a triumphal procession. The faces of 


the people wore never so pleasant an appear- 


ance to me as on this occasion. It is a most 
merciful providence that has given Upper 
Burma to the British force with a very small 
loss of life and property. 

Gen. Prendergast crossed the frontier on the 
16th inst. He reached Mandalay day before 
yesterday. Last evening King Thebau was a 
prisoner on board one of the steamers of the 
fleet, and this morning at daylight began his 
voyage to India, where he will spend the rest 
of his life. The Burmese first attempted a 
brave resistance, and over one hundred of 
them were killed in the defence of the fort at 


FREIDAY. 


the frontier town of Minhla. At Mingyan 
also, which was well fortified, they made a 
determined stand; but our greatly superior 
artillery compelled them to retreat after four 
hours’ steady firing. At Ava, only about ten 
miles from the city of Mandalay, they had 
three splendid forts, well flanked by rifle-pits 
and redoubts, and could have given the force 
much trouble; but evidently they had con- 
cluded further resistance was useless, and 
every thing therefore was surrendered at that 
place. The king was found here in his palace, 
and his prime minister guided Gen. Prender- 
gast and Col. Sladen, the chief political officer 
of the expedition, into his presence. The 
king is reported to have gone down on his 
knees before them, and begged for mercy. 

The English may now do what they like 
with Upper Burma. I hope they will decide 
to annex it to British Burma. The extinction 
of the Burmese empire would be a tremendous 
blow to Buddhism. I am hoping that a force 
will be sent to Bhamo in a few days, and that 
I shall be allowed to accompany it. It is not 
unlikely, however, that I may be asked to go 
with another force into the Shan states east 
of this place. The time for which much 
prayer has been offered has come. Upper 
Burma is now open to the Christian mission- 
ary. It is a most needy and inviting field. 
What now will American Baptists do for 
it? 

Manpa ay, Nov. 30, 1885. 


GOD'S TENTH. 


RFV. A. J. GORDON, D.D. 


IN touching the question of giving, we touch 
the most vital point pertaining to the conse- 
cration and spiritual power of the Church. 
In saying this, we speak from experience, as 
we certainly speak according to Scripture. 
“ Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, 

. and prove me now herewith, saith the 


Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows 
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that 
there shall not be room enough to receive it.” 
Here, plainly, the giving of tithes is made the 
condition of an abundant outpouring of the 
Spirit. The spiritualizing method of interpret- 
ing Scripture, which robs us of so much vital 


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truth by frittering away its meaning in meta- 
phor and simile, has often robbed us of the 
real significance of this text. Prayer, testi- 
mony, effort, self-denial,—how often do we 
hear these duties mentioned as summing up 
and fulfilling the requirement of tithes! But 
“tithes” means money or other property of 
equivalent value: and the effusion of God’s 
Spirit is here made contingent upon bringing 
in these tithes, and paying up these dues to 
God. A tenth of his income was required of 
the Jew to be set apart, and sacredly devoted 
to God’s treasury. And this was the first 
tenth, and not the last tenth; the first-fruits, 
not the dregs and leavings. And while the 
amount is not specified in the New Testament, 
the same principle is carried over. ‘ Upon 
the first day of the week, let every one of you 
lay by him in store as God hath prospered 
him” (1 Cor. xvi. 2). Here is consecrated giv- 
ing, — laying by in store, —a certain sum set 
apart, and made sacred to God’s use, and 
which thereafter one should no more think of 
using for himself than he would think of tak- 
ing the same sum from his neighbor’s pocket. 
And here is proportionate giving, — ‘as God 
hath prospered him.” Ought the proportion 
to be any less under the gospel than under the 
law? Surely not when we remember that we 
have as our exemplar One who, “though he 
was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that 
we, through his poverty, might be rich;” and 
that we have the precept of this exemplar, 
which no ingenuity can explain away, “ lWhoso- 
ever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he 
Aath cannot be my disciple.” In the light of 
such high standards, who can say that at least 
we ought not to give one-tenth of our income 
to the Lord? If any Christian who has never 
tried it will make the experiment, conscien- 
tiously following it through to the end in pros- 
perity and in adversity, we predict for him two 
surprises. First, he will be astonished at the 
increased amount which he is enabled by this 
method to give to the Lord; and, secondly, he 
will be astonished at the increased spiritual 
and temporal prosperity which the Lord will 
give to him. For observe that here is an in- 
stance where the Lord actually makes a chal- 
lenge to his people, and sets up a test case. 
saying, “ Prove me now.” Taking this scrip- 
ture in connection with others, we find that 
there are two points to be demonstrated. 

1. That faithful and proportionate giving 


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will be rewarded with superabundant spirit- 
ual blessing. The statement does not require 
proof, since experience has stamped it already 
as an axiom. Other things being equal, that 
Christian who opens the broadest outlet for 
charity will find the widest inlet for the Spirit. 
The health of a human body depends upon its 
exhalations as well as upon its inhalations. 
It is reported that a boy who was to personate 
a shining cherub in a play, on being covered 
over with a coating of gold-leaf, which entirely 
closed the pores of the skin, died in conse- 
quence, before relief could be afforded. Woe 
to the Christian who gets so gold-leafed over 
with his wealth, that the pores of his sympathy 
are shut, and the outgoings of his charity re- 
strained! He is thenceforth dead spiritually, 
though he may have a name to live. 

2. That faithful and proportionate giving 
will be rewarded with abundant temporal pros- 
perity. This is a saying hard to be received, 
but it has the emphatic support of Scripture. 
“Honor the Lord with thy substance and with 
the first-fruits of all thine increase: so shall 
thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses 
shall burst out with new wine” (Prov. iii. 
g, 10). This is but one specimen of many 
from the Old Testament. ‘“ Give, and it shall 
be given unto you; good measuie, pressed down 
and shaken together, and running over, shall 
men give into your bosom” (Luke vi. 38). Do 
we believe these words of our Lord? and can 
we question that they refer to abundant tem- 
poral returns in recompense for abundant 
giving? 

Let us now throw light upon this subject 
from a few inserted leaves from a_pastor’s 
note-book. 

One says, — 

‘| knew a widow of limited means who was 
remarkable for her liberality to benevolent 
objects. But asad change came into her by 
an unexpected legacy which made her wealthy, 
and then her contributions began to fall below 
the amount of her straitened finances. Once 
she volunteered : now she only gives when im- 
portuned, and then it is as meagre as if the 
fountains of gratitude had dried up. Once 
when asked by her pastor to help a cause dear 
to her heart in her comparative poverty, and 
to which she gave five dollars then, now she 
proffers twenty-five cents. Her pastor called 
her attention to the surprising and ominous 
change. ‘Ah!’ she said, ‘ when day by day I 


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looked to God for my bread, I had enough to 
spare: now I have to look to my ample in- 
come, and lam all the time haunted with the 
Sear of losing it and coming to want. I had 
the guinea heart when I had the shilling 
means: now I have the guinea means and the 
shilling heart.” \t is a fearful risk to heart 
and soul, to become suddenly rich. This is 
one of the reasons why God lets many of his 
best children acquire wealth so slowly, so that 
it may not be a snare to them, may not chill 
their benevolence ; that, when wealth comes, 
the fever of ambitious grasping may be 
cooled, and that benevolence may overtake 
avarice.” 

Now, the only way to avoid this peril is to 
cultivate two habits, and let them grow side 
by side, — the habit of economy and the habit 
of charity. If one’s economy grows steadily 
and alone, it will tend to dry up his charity; 
if one’s charity grows steadily, it will dry up 
his means, unless balanced by the other virtue 
of economy. Therefore let both grow togeth- 
er, then our giving will increase just in pro- 
portion to our getting. 

But let us introduce another illustration fur- 
nished from a pastor’s observation : — 

“ A parishioner, who was a dear friend, read 
his pastor a page from life’s history to this 
effect: When a small boy, he gave his heart 
to Christ. He was engaged in a brickyard to 
carry clay, often on his head, for twenty-five 
cents a day. Then he vowed that one-tenth 
of his income he would give to his God. This 
he conscientiously did, and prosperity followed 
until his income was $10,000; and then the 
trial of his life came, in which he went down in 
financial disaster. He would not give one-tenth 
of $10,000. Here his faith balked. He said, 
‘ After disaster had swept all away, I learned 
what I had not known before,—that it is 
easier to give one-tenth of $72 than of $10,000. 
A man is truer to God who works for twenty- 
five cents a day, and has less temptations and 
more strength to meet them, whose income is 
$6 a month, than $8334.’ He regained wealth, 
but it was in strict compliance with the vow of 
his youth, which his disaster enabled him to 
fulfil until his death.” 

Here is an instance of negative proof; viz., 
that “there is that withholdeth more than is 
meet, and it tendeth to poverty.” The posi- 
tive proof would no doubt fill volumes, were it 
written out. 


God’s Tenth. 


{March, 


There is a Christian league in this country, 
banded together to promote systematic giving. 
It brings every member into covenant to keep 
a strict account with the Lord, and to render 
him one-tenth of the income. An annual re- 
port is made by each member, giving a state- 
ment of his business and spiritual prosperity. 
The secretary recently told us that the results 
have been surprising even to the most san- 
guine advocates of the tithing system; that 
not only has the income of the missionary 
societies receiving the funds been greatly in- 
creased, but that, out of thousands entering 
into this league, all but two or three have re- 
ported greatly increased business prosperity. 
Are there not some things to be proved which 
we have not yet dreamed of either in our 
philosophy or our mathematics ? 

We give another instance from a well-known 
life. We find the statement in print, and be- 


lieve, from what we have heard, that it is 
substantially correct : — 

“Many years ago a lad of sixteen years left 
home to seek his fortune. All his worldly 
possessions were tied up in a bundle, which 
he carried in his hand. As he trudged along, 
he met an old neighbor, the captain of a 


canal-boat; and the following conversation 
took place, which changed the whole currept 
of the boy’s life: — 

“*Well, William, where are you going?’ 

*“¢T don’t know,’ he answered; ‘father is 
too poor to keep me at home any longer, and 
says I must now make a living for myself.’ 

“There’s no trouble about that,’ said the 
captain. ‘Be sure you start right, and you'll 
get along finely.’ 

“William told his friend that the only trade 
he knew any thing about was soap and candle 
making, at which he had helped his father 
while at home. 

“* Well,’ said the old man, ‘let me pray with 
you once more, and give you a little advice, 
and then I will let you go.’ 

“They both kneeled down upon the tow- 
path (the path along which the horses which 
drew the canal-boat walked); the dear old man 
prayed earnestly for William, and then gave 
this advice: ‘Some one will soon be the lead- 
ing soap-maker in New York. It can be you 
as well as any one. I hope it may. Bea 
good man; give your heart to Christ; give the 
Lord all that belongs to him of every dollar 
you earn; make an honest soap; give a full 


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pound: and I am certain you will yet be a 
prosperous and rich man.’ 

“ When the boy arrived in the city, he found 
it hard to get work. Lonesome, and far from 
home, he remembered his mother’s words and 
the last words of the canal-boat captain. He 
was then, there, led to ‘seek first the kingdom 
of God and his righteousness,’ and united with 
the church. He remembered his promise to 
the old captain, and the first dollar he earned 
brought up the question of the Lord’s part. 
In the Bible he found that the Jews were com- 
manded to give one-tenth: so he said, ‘If the 
Lord will take one-tenth, I will give that.’ 
And so he did; and ten cents of every dollar 
were sacred to the Lord. 

“Having regular employment, he soon be- 
came a partner; and after a few years his 
partners died, and William became the sole 
owner of the business. 

“He now resolved to keep his promise to 
the old captain ; he made an honest soap, gave 
a full pound, and instructed his book-keeper 
to open an account with the Lord, and carry 
one-tenth of all his income to that account. 
He prospered ; his business grew; his family 


Rev. Nathan 


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was blessed; his soap sold, and he grew rich 
faster than he had ever hoped. He then gave 
the Lord two-tenths, and prospered more than 
ever; then he gave three-tenths, then four- 
tenths, then five-tenths. 

“He educated his family, settled all his 
plans for life, and gave all his income to the 
Lord. He prospered more than ever. 

“This is the story of Mr. William Colgate, 
who has given millions of dollars to the Lord’s 
cause, and left a name that will never die.” 

Perhaps in these instances may be found 
the true solution of a great question: How 
shall we get the means to give the gospel to a 
lost world? It is no longer a question of men 
to go, but of money with which to send them. 
And the money is in the hands of Christ’s 
professed disciples, — enough and more than 
enough for all demands. If wrong habit has 
so shut up their hearts that they cannot be 
persuaded to give it, let us try at least to 
educate the next generation differently. And 
may it not be that the best system of education 
which can be devised is this of training Chris- 
tians to set apart one-tenth of their income for 
the treasury of the Lord? 


REV. NATHAN Brown, D.D., was born in 
New Ipswich, N.H., June 22, 1807. His 
father Nathan Brown, and his grandfather 
Josiah Brown, were each deacons in the Bap- 
tist church ; each lived to be over eighty years 
of age, and each has left ample evidence of 
energy and godliness. Dr. Brown records re- 
ligious impressions received when he was not 
more than six years old; and at the age of 
nine he was baptized, making his church- 
membership cover a space of about seventy 
years. In September, 1827, he graduated at 
Williams College, taking the highest honors 
ina class of thirty students. Twenty-four of 
that thirty were candidates for the ministry. 
During the latter part of 1826 or the early part 
of 1827, he wrote “ The Missionary,” commonly 
entitled ‘The Missionary’s Call,” —a poem 
which has of late years been often published, 
and which, in a slightly altered form, appears 
as a chant in some of the hymn-books of Eng- 
land and America. After graduating from 


REV. NATHAN BROWN, D.D. 


REV. A. A. BENNETT, YOKOHAMA. 


college, Dr. Brown occupied a position as 
teacher in various places, and in 1831 became 
editor of ‘‘ The Vermont Telegraph.” 

When it was settled that he should go as a 
missionary to a foreign field, he spent a short 
time in study at Newton Theological Semi- 
nary. In 1832 he was ordained at Rutland, 
Vt., and on the 22d of December in the same 
year he sailed for Burma in the ship “ Corvo.” 
After a long and stormy passage, he, with his 
wife and babe, reached Maulmain June 6, 
1833. Here he remained about two years, and 
then went to open a new mission in Assam. 
The day of his departure for this new field 
was saddened by the death of an infant son. 
His first station in Assam was Sadiya, where 
they buried the daughter they had taken with 
them from America. This was the child 
“thrice disinterred,” whose coffin was broken 
open by the natives, hoping to find gold; and 
whose scattered bones were at last collected 
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house for safe keeping, and afterwards brought 
to America. At this station he and his family 
felt it necessary to flee for their lives, at a 
time when the natives attacked the foreign 
soldiery, killing a number of them. From this 
station Mrs. Brown pursued her lonely course 
backward over the Brahmaputra, to Calcutta, 
a journey of four months in time and six to 
eight hundred miles in distance, in the vain 
hope of securing relief for her child through 
the medicat aid there available. Dr. Brown’s 
main work in Assam, as in Japan, was trans- 
lation of Scripture. He completed the New 
Testament in Assamese in 1848. In 1846 
Mrs. Brown took back to America their two 
children, who are now living. In 1849 she re- 
joined her husband, and they both returned to 
America in 1855, when Dr. Brown was pro- 
nounced “a wreck in body and mind.” Dur- 
ing his stay in Assam and Burma, he wrote a 
number of hymns in the languages of those 
countries respectively, and has since written 
many in Japanese. 

From 1855 to 1872 he lived in the United 
States. In May, 1871, the wife with whom he 
had lived so happily for forty-one years passed 
on to her reward. During fifteen of the sev- 
enteen years mentioned above, Dr. Brown was 
editor of ‘‘ The American Baptist.” His pro- 
nounced anti-slavery principles and practice 
during this period often occasioned him per- 
sonal danger. He was also one of a committee 


Northern Siam. 


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of three chosen to wait on President Lincoln 
shortly before the issuing of the Emancipation 
Proclamation. In the latter part of 1872 he 
started for Japan, having previously married 
the one whom his death now leaves a widow. 
He reached Yokohama, Feb. 7, 1873, and 
immediately commenced to study with great 
energy. The New Testament was completed 
in 1879, being the first New Testament pub- 
lished in full in Japanese. He lived to see 
the Baptist converts number hundreds, and 
the printed pages of Scripture and tracts num- 
ber millions. His death occurred at his home 
in Yokohama, Jan. 1, 1886. He has left an 
inscription for his tombstone : — 


NATHAN BROWN, 
AMERICAN MISSIONARY. 
BORN JUNE 22, 1807. 
DIED JAN. |, 1886. 
God bless the Japanese. 


He leaves in Japan one son, seventy years 
younger than himself, and in the United States 
another son and a daughter. While in matters 
of mission policy he often, rightly or wrongly, 
felt called upon to adopt views different from 
those of his brethren, yet he has left an un- 
tarnished record, extending over threescore 
years and ten, and has set a noble example of 
ceaseless industry and of self-sacrificing, un- 
flinching adherence to what he believed to be 
right. 


A JOURNEY INTO 


In this journey I met with Shans, Laos, and 
Siamese. These three races together with 
the Low, Chinese Shans, and Khamti, form 
the Tai family of peoples. Another branch 
of the Tai family, called Ahom, conquered 
Assam, but has disappeared as a distinct peo- 
ple. The Laos differ from their Shan neigh- 
bors in many respects. They do not seem to 
have that readiness for hard labor, genius for 
trade and general thriftiness, that character- 
ize the Shans in favorable circumstances. 
Perhaps this is due to the greater size of the 
plains in the Laos country, whose generally 
fertile soil makes the production of rice and 


REV. J. N. CUSHING, D.D., RANGOON. 


XVI. 


NORTHERN SIAM. 


other foods so easy, and to the less bracing 
climate of their more southern home. The 
disposition of the Laos seems more gentle 
and quiet than that of the Shans, while there 
is an absence of that restlessness which leads 
so many Shans to a frequent change of abode. 
The Laos are attached to home and a routine 
life. In the Shans there is an element of 
fierceness, which displays itself in their intes- 
tine wars, chronic rebellions against the Bur- 
man king, and frequent formation of bands of 
robbers who prey upon any travellers without 
any respect for human life. 

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that of most Eastern nations. The introduc- 
tion and spread of Christianity cannot fail to 
produce a very marked improvement in this 
respect. Many of the women, perhaps the ma- 
jority of them, wear nothing but a skirt fas- 
tened about the waist, and a cloth thrown over 
the shoulders. The boatmen are certainly a 
very shameless set. In descending the Meh 
Ping I passed many a boat whose crew was ina 
state of complete nudity. Bad as the Burman 
and Indian boatmen may be, they are outdone 
by the Laos in this respect. 

The costume of the Laos is a pair of very 
short drawers, over which he wears a waist- 
cloth, and a cotton jacket or a piece of plaid 
cloth thrown over the shoulders. Occasion- 
ally the loose flowing trousers used by Shans 
are seen; but I never met with any of the 
thick wadded jackets, glazed black cloth, pe- 
culiar to the latter people. The Siamese, both 
men and women, wear a costume similar to 
that of the Laos men. Siam is the only 
country in which the women have no distinc- 
tive costume. Tradition says that in a war 
the Siamese men were not sufficient to meet 
a certain invading force, and the women, don- 
ning male attire, joined the army, and brought 
victory to the Siamese side. As a reward for 
this conduct, a royal order declared that the 
women should henceforth retain the waist- 
cloth as their principal garment. 

The Shans wear their hair long, as do the 
Burmans; but the Laos men and Siamese men 
and women shave the head, except a small 
part of the top of the head, which looks like 
an inverted shoebrush. The young people clip 
the hair; and as this is very popular, doubt- 
less the “shoe-brush” style of dressing the 
hair will pass away. One distinction between 
a man and woman, among the Siamese, in the 
dressing of the hair is, that a narrow line of 
hairs shall be pulled out inside the edge of 
the “shoe-brush” on the woman’s head,and 
two little tufts of hair shall be left in front 
of the ears. The Laos women wear the hair 
long, but tie it in a knot behind the head. 

Like the Shans, the Laos tattoo. Although 
figures of lions, dragons, and other animals 
have come into use from their intercourse with 
the Burmans, the proper Laos pattern con- 
sists of small bars of black side by side, 
whicn, at a short distance, produce the ap- 
pearance of a uniform bluish-black surface. 
The Siamese do not tattoo, and in this re- 


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spect are far more sensible than the other 
races. 

The Laos prefer glutinous rice for their 
food. It is surprising how few vegetables 
they raise for use. If a Laos man can have 
a little fish with his rice, and a plenty of betel- 
nut to chew after his meal, he cares for little 
more. Burmans and Shans travelling in the 
Laos country complain bitterly of the food, as 
they are not accustomed to eat glutinous rice, 
and always have a generous supply of vege- 
tables. Yet the Laos do not seem to have 
that rigid determination to kill no animals ; for 
they use fowls occasionally, and sometimes 
kill a beef-creature, which Burmese and Shans 
refuse todo. Considerable intoxicating liquor 
and opium are used by the Laos. At Zim- 
mai, Yanyow, and other places, the sale of 
these articles is farmed out to Chinamen, who 
make heavy profits at the expense of the peo- 
ple. Gambling, as usual, accompanies the 
establishment of the shops in different places. 

The Laos are very superstitious. Fear of 
the nats is a very prominent element in all 
their daily life, and all kinds of sickness and 
trouble are attributed to these invisible neigh- 
bors. Little nat-shrines meet one everywhere, 
and it is wonderful that such malignant beings 
are appeased by such paltry offerings. Even 
the act of marriage involves the payment of a 
sum of money which goes into the hand of the 
religious head of the family of the bride, as an 
offering to the spirits. Should a young woman 
rightly or wrongly accuse a young man of any 
immoral look, word, or act, with reference to 
herself, her word is accepted, and the young 
man is compelled to pay a fine of six or seven 
rupees to propitiate the nats, who are sup- 
posed to be offended. Perhaps the worst form 
of this belief in spirits takes form in accusa- 
tions of witchcraft. Frequently, when a per- 
son is taken ill, it is supposed that some one 
has bewitched him. He is called upon to 
name the offender, and, if he hesitates, is often 
beaten until he gives the name of somebody. 
The person named is then adjudged a witch, 
and ordered to leave immediately for Muang 
Ngai or Pah-pow, districts to which all witches 
and their families are permanently exiled. 
The hardship and loss are terrible for the 
victims ; for they lose all their houses, lands, 
and other property, except such few things 
as they can carry away themselves. It gives 
every man who has an enemy a sense of in- 


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security; for at any time a sickness may be 
made an excuse for an accusation of witch- 
craft, and consequent banishment. Many 
villages through which I passed showed indi- 
cations of the recent banishment of witches, 
and the despoiling of their property. While 
stopping at Khengai in 1870, I sawa man and 
his family driven forth on the charge of witch- 
craft. He was the son of a recently deceased 
high official, and was wealthy fora native. He 
occupied a good frame house in a large com- 
pound near the court-house, which was full of 
cocoanut, areca palm, and a great variety of 
fruit-trees. Accused of witchcraft, he was 
allowed one day to prepare to leave, which 
was a concession probably given on account 
of his rank. He was permitted to take away 
one of his elephants, and such of his goods 
as he could place upon it. About three P.M. 
he and his family on foot, and the loaded ele- 
phant, took their departure amid the execra- 


March, 


tions of their neighbors, and a din of drums 
and gongs, never again to visit their former 
home. As soon as the family passed out of 
sight, the people began to fire guns and throw 
sticks at the house to drive forth the uncanny 
spirits within, at the same time calling with 
aloud voice to them to depart. Soon some 
rushed at the house, and began to tear down 
the partitions, roof, and frame-work. It was 
not long before the house was a ruin, and only 
its proximity to other houses in the city pre- 
vented the people from setting fire to it. Their 
attention was then directed to the beautiful 
trees, which were ruthlessly felled, until not 
one was left standing. The land fell into 
the hands of other owners, but has not recov- 
ered its former condition ; for the cocoanut and 
areca palms planted subsequently were only 
half-grown at the time of my visit this year. 
The Shans west of the Salwen never go to 
any such extreme. 


Ir is surely a most noteworthy coincidence 
that the age which ushered in Christian mis- 
sions to the pagan world was, notably on 
American shores, the age as well of a large 
and a luminous progress. Almost contempo- 
raneously with the formation of the American 
Board, for example, Fulton’s first keel, pro- 
pelled by steam, vexed the waters of the lower 
Hudson. The press, in the periodical and 
the newspaper, as well as in magazines and in 
pamphlets, started forth about the same time 
upon an era of greatly quickened activity and 
productiveness. Of the period that has fol- 
lowed,—the age of iron, of the railroad, of 
the telegraph, of manifold art and discovery, 
with the most marvellous utilization of all, 
and the subordination of all in large measure 
to the growth and the advancement of the 
kingdom of Christ,—it is hardly needful to 
speak. Its lines are now gone out into all 
the earth, and its words to the end of the 
world. 

But beyond all that has been indicated, the 
spirit of which was born the inspiration of 
modern missions was a spirit in harmony 
with that of the primitive age. Such men as 
Carey, Marshman, and Ward, such as Judson, 
and Wade, and Abbott, Comstock, Kincaid, 


OUR MISSIONARY NECESSITIES. 


and Vinton, were men of kindred mould and 
of kindred spirit with those men of the first 
age of Christianity, who counted not even life 
itself dear to them, so that they could preach 
the Gospel to the Gentiles, and so become 
the bearers of the water of life to the perish- 
ing children of men. This age of Christian 
missions hence joins itself to that first age by 
a mexus quite unmistakable. It were a suffi- 
cient recompense for all outlay of treasure. 
and of life itself, that this result has been so 
signally achieved. To kindle afresh on bro- 
ken-down altars the fires of a primitive Chris- 
tian devotion, to build anew uncounted altars 
of a true missionary consecration, to trans- 
fuse the churches of both hemispheres with 
a new-born zeal for Christ and for the souls of 
men, — all this were surely return and reward 
enough for all that this nineteenth century has 
so far wrought for sending the gospel to the 
unevangelized millions of Asia, Africa, Eu- 
rope, and the islands of the sea. The direct 
result achieved in myriads washed and made 
white in the blood of the Lamb slain, eternity 
alone can unfold. 

Our missionary necessities are now the exi- 
gent consideration of the hour that is passing 
over us; especially so, over American Baptists. 


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“ The fathers, where are they? and the proph- 
ets, do they live forever?” Nay, the men 
who laid the foundations of our missions in 
Burma and the East are passed away. They 
have gone to their reward, and to the crown 
of their rejoicing. But three men whom one 
calls to mind who have attained to venerable 
years as active workers, remain, — Dean, now 
in this country, Bennett in Burma, and Brown 
in Japan. And while on the foreign field a 
fresh company of hard-toiling laborers has 
come to the front, a new generation has 
sprung up at home, far more numerous than 
its predecessors, in some respects possessed 
of larger advantages, and yet wanting, it is to 
be feared, in too great measure, the distin- 
guishing spirit by which the first planters and 
the earlier propagators and promoters of mod- 
ern Christian missions were animated and 


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71 


fired, —a spirit that, as history shows, noth- 
ing could dampen, or discourage, or destroy. 
In fact, before the multiplied and multiplying 
appliances of this generation, under the cry, 
“Lo here, and Lo there,” multitudes know 
little of missionary planting and of mission- 
ary achievement, and so are not adequately 
prepared to enter into the labors of those who 
have gone before. Here is pressing cause of 
peril to the missionary enterprise. It is that 
in our day and generation it be overlaid, or 
lost sight of, —largely of both. A great bur- 
den of debt now rests upon the very cause 
itself, both abroad and at home. What is 
most urgently needed is some breath of God 
to come down upon all our altars. Who that 
prays, ‘“ Thy kingdom come,” will not lift the 
prayer for the coming of this now NEEDED 
MISSIONARY REVIVAL ?— Zhe Watchman. 


MISSIONARY CORRESPONDENCE. 


BURMA. 
The Burman Mission. 
Rev. E. A. Stevens, D.D. 
Rancoon, Nov. 13, 1885. 

Others, as Mr. Freiday and Mr. Roberts, per- 
sonally more deeply interested than I, will doubt- 
less give you more detailed information than my- 
self; but I wish to say a word or two only, as a 
Burman missionary. 

To us, events seem to be justifying, in our case, 
the language of the prophet, “ This is our God, we 
have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice 
in his salvation.” The English troops are gather- 
ing on the frontier, and the probability is, that in 
a day or two they will cross it,and march up to 
Mandalay. Mr. Freiday and Mr. Roberts are ac- 
cepted to accompany the force, one as Shan, the 
other as Ka-chin interpreter; and our cherished 
expectation is, that very soon all Upper Burma 
will be open to evangelical work, as it has never 
been before. But are we prepared to embrace the 
opportunity in a fitting manner? My trust is, that 
as not Judson, but the God of Judson, through 
him, was the originator of the Burman mission, 
the cause being his, he will supply the men, the 
women, and the means, which his providence so 
clearly points out to be demanded at the present 
time. 

We earnestly beg to urge upon the churches 


united and fervent prayers to God, that this may 
be the day of Burma’s deliverance. Thebau calls 
upon his people to rise and fight for Buddhism ; 
thus making it a war on their part for idolatry, as 
against Christianity. But he cannot but be aware, 
that the English can have no designs against 
Buddhism. In all Lower Burma, the Burmese are 
as free to follow the religion of their fathers, as they 
are in Upper Burma; so that the appeal is utterly 
uncalled for: but seeing the issue has been raised by 
him, and to some extent his people may be affected 
by it, what a grand opportunity is offered by it, 
to plead that now our God will put forth his 
power in the interest of the Son, our blessed Re- 
deemer, to whom he has said, “Sit thou on my 
right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot- 
stool.” The second war was the means of greatly 
enlarging our mission. Oh that this may be the 
permanent opening of all the country to the gos- 
pel! 


Rev. M. Jameson, D.D. 
Waxema, Dec. 7, 1885. 
Extra Meetings. — We appointed our last 
communion in Bassein a little earlier than the 
regular time, to have the moonlight for our mem- 
bers from a distance, whom we specially invited to 
be present. Only five came who are not in the 
habit of meeting with us. We held some extra 


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meetings which were profitable. Saturday noon 
we had a prayer-meeting. At five P.M., a church 
business and covenant meeting, at which the letter 
of the secretaries on retrenchment was read. I 
told the church that I could furnish but half the 
support of their pastor; and they undertook to 
raise “ae rest, which is considerably more than 
-.y ever did before. Sunday, seven A.M., we had 
an interesting Sunday school. At half-past ten I 
preached on the need and privilege of power from 
on high in our work. Communion followed the 
preaching service. There were twenty-five pres- 
ent. We rarely have so many. At two P.M. we 
held a praise-meeting, at which several brethren 
and sisters each mentioned some special reason 
for gratitude to God. At five P.M. we had a farewell 
meeting for Ko-Tha-Zahn, our jungle-preacher, 
who was to go during the week to a station north- 
ward, about fifty miles distant, for a stay of six 
months. No one spoke better at this meeting than 
he did himself. Referring to the fact that the 
Saviour had the disciples roll away the stone be- 
fore he raised Lazarus to life, he said that he was 
going to Nga-Thaing-Gyaung to roll the stones 
away from the graves of dead sinners, so that the 
Holy Spirit could raise them to life. I have since 
been up, and spent a week with him; and he seems 
to be doing good work. 

Work at Wakema.— We came to Wakema 
nearly a month ago. Mrs. Jameson finds her hands 
full with school-work, and interviews with callers, 
many of whom are women. There are thirty in 
the school, and they are making fair progress. I 
myself preach to the little congregation Sundays, 
and, to some extent, in the village week-days, at 
private houses. But there must first be a talk 
about the war, on account of which the people 
have been much alarmed, lest they might be vis- 
ited by robbers in a time of general disorder. 

Baptisms. — On an excursion of three days last 
week, I baptized a woman sixty-nine years old, and 
a young man of perhaps twenty-two, both members 
of a family from which I baptized the father and 
mother last March. The mother is now here with 
two children and a niece, cooking their rice, and 
taking care of them while they go to school. They 
are no expense to us; and for the little boy who 
studies English, she pays the usual fee. Stich 
improvement of school-opportunities as this en- 
courages us greatly in the school-work we have 
undertaken here. But it is one of our discourage- 
ments, that such instances are exceedingly rare. 


THE Church of Christ is essentially mission- 
ary, is the one great missionary institution. 
Her very charter, “ Teach all nations,” con- 
templates universality. — A. C. THompson, 
D.D. 


Missionary Correspondence. 


ASSAM. 
The Earo Hlission. 
Rev. M. C. Mason. 
Tura, Dec. 24, 1885. 
A Tour in the Country. — We met with joys 
and sorrows on our journey. It had been several 
years since I had visited some of these churches. 
Some have grown, and are growing; others have 
fallen from their first love, and are weak. Death 
has almost entirely removed some of the old 
churches, while new ones are springing up. I 
baptized twenty-four while out; others were re- 
ceived for baptism, and others still are ready for 
it. Some of the experiences were touching. At 
one place, which has been noted for its thieves and 
general bad character, the gospel is getting a fast 
hold. Several past middle age were received. 
Some had been led to consider the gospel by ob- 
serving its contrast to their evil ways. One old 
man, who had drank so much as to be most of the 
time drunk, felt that his course meant ruin; and he 
fled to Christ, and seemed very happy. Another 
had, while drunk, fallen into a quarrel, and had to 
pay a heavy fine, which opened his eyes. An- 
other had sacrificed so much, without avail, that 
he had lost all confidence in the demons. Two 
of those baptized were girls from Mrs. Burdette’s 
school. When I left for America early in 1882, 
this school had not properly begun, although it 
was just beginning ; and nothing has impressed me 
more than to note the improvement of these girls. 
While they are necessarily simple and ignorant, 
still they are so much in advance of other women 
of their villages, as to make a striking contrast. 
It seems especially sad that the girls’ school has to 
be given up for the present. But we hope that the 
recruits now on the way may ere long begin an- 
other school. Some of these girls may return; but 
they seem to be in great demand, and I presume 
most of them will be married during the year. 
Five converts were baptized here at the sta- 
tion some weeks before Mr. Burdette left, which 
gave us great joy. One woman was attracted by 
the truth that Christ was ready to save any one; 
and she thought, “ Perhaps, then, he will save 
me,” and she has seemed happy in that salvation. 
One young man heard of salvation, and told his 
people that he would go and learn about it. He 
then returned, and told them. He came to us 
from about a hundred miles. He has worked for 
his board, and made good progress in school, and 
has been very attentive to Scripture truths. He 
seemed to receive the truths with a full heart; and 
we trust he has gone to tell his friends and neigh- 
bors of what he has found, and that he will return 
to us next year. Don’t forget to pray for such 
young converts who know little of Christian life, 
and for us, that we may do well our work. 


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INDIA. 


Che Telugu Mission. 
Rev. W. W. Campbell. 


SECUNDERABAD, Oct, 19, 1885. 


A Two-hundred-mile Tour. — This tour was 
made over a section of country to the south-east 
of Secunderabad, the greater portion of which was 
never visited by any of our missionaries, at least, 
and probably by no messenger of the gospel of 
Christ. Only about the first twenty or thirty miles 
was over familiar ground where the gospel has for 
the past few years been proclaimed by myself and 
native helpers. 

At Danapoorum, a small village near our first 
camping-place, we had a very interesting meeting 
with the Madagas on the evening of our stay 
there. The Pataloo (head man of the village) also 
showed himself to be a most earnest inquirer. 
His face was all aglow with pleasure as we pre- 
sented Christ to him. He declared his acceptance 
of the truth. I believe him near the kingdom, if 
not already in the fold of Christ. He urged me 
to remain in his village, saying I could meet and 
talk with everybody there, that the people came 
there from Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, etc., and 
all I would have to do was to remain there and 
preach to reach them all. It chances to be near 
Hyderabad, on a main travelled road; and his idea 
was that all India centred there. 

At Mulkapoor, the third stage of our journey, 
we had very interesting services. In our street- 
preaching, crowds gathered to listen to the gospel, 
and appeared interested in the truths they heard. 
On Sunday evening a large number came to the 
tent to our prayer-meeting. Those who came were 
Madagas, the lowest caste or outcasts. Vera- 
swamy, one of my helpers, formerly lived here ; 
and, knowing him, they came at his call. They 
gave earnest attention to our preaching, and I trust 
an impression was made upon their hearts. It was 
a great pleasure to have so many assemble with 
us in quiet worship, and give good heed to the 
words of life, and learn of One able to save. 

Preaching by Moonlight. — On our way to 
Narrainpoorum, where we were again to pitch our 
tents, we reached Tungeedapully just at close of 
day, and the moon began shining brightly. We 
stopped in the main street of the large village, 
and commenced to gather the crowd in our usual 
way, by singing. We were standing under a large 
tree in front of a temple of Hanaman, the monkey- 
god. A lamp had been placed in the temple by 
some devotee, as is common, as an act of merit. 
Some poor soul was thus hoping to gain a heaven- 
ly reward. The crowd gathered slowly, but we 
finally had the street well filled with listeners. By 
turns myself and native helpers declared to them 


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the one true God, and Christ the Saviour of a lost 
world; showing them that salvation was not by 
acts of merit and worship of gods like Hanaman, 
the idol before us, but by faith in Jesus. They 
listened attentively for a long time; and, at the 
close of our preaching, we offered Scripture por- 
tions and other small books for sale. They pur- 
chased a number, and followed us for some distance 
asking questions and buying more books. It was 
late before we overtook our cart, which had gone 
on before ; and we were glad to reach our camping- 
place, and rest for the night. 

Opposition. — In the morning we preached first 
in the Madaga palem, — the outcast portion of the 
village. The village of Narrainpoorum is a large 
walled town, and the poor Madagas are outside of 
the wall as usual. After preaching in this palem 
we went into the village, and took our stand at a 
central point, and preached for a long time. All 
listened quietly until we finished preaching, and 
commenced selling books. Then an old Brahman, 
who sat on a veranda, when the books were pre- 
sented to him, refused to have any thing to do with 
the books or us. When an endeavor was made to 
explain, he covered his ears with his hands, so as 
not to hear a word. He was spiteful against the 
truth. As we moved that evening, the native 
preachers started to pass through the village. I 
had taken another road which led outside the 
wall. After they had proceeded about half-way 
through the village, they were stopped by the 
village watchmen, — Mohammedans, —and forced 
to turn back, and go around outside of the wall. 
‘They would not even allow them to pass through 
the village. This is an unusual experience; in 
the villages, as a rule, we are politely re- 
ceived. 

Preaching at a Temple.— After having 
preached at Namapoor until after dark, we passed 
on, and came into another large village about nine 
p.M. We heard the native instruments of music 
in the direction of a temple, which indicated that 
the people were worshipping there. It was a 
beautiful moonlight, and I, with some of my help- 
ers, made my way to the temple. A crowd was 
gathered there. The people had been giving their 
god a ride in a manoo—a kind of palanquin — and 
had returned to the temple. I went up to the tem- 
ple door, and asked to see. They stood aside, and 
the officiating Brahman had the ménoo turned 
around so I could see their gods. After looking 
for a shost time, I passed outside the temple wall, 
and the crowd followed me. I entered into con- 


versation with one of the leading men there, and 
his inquiries soon opened the way to preaching ; 
and we delivered the gospel message to them. 
After preaching, they bought some tracts and 
Scripture portions, and we took leave and hastened 
on with the satisfaction that in the midst of their 


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idol-worship, we had been permitted to drop a few 
seeds of truth. 

An Enthusiastic Reception.— We were en- 
camped at Daveraconda over Sunday, which gave 
us time to visit some of the surrounding villages. 
We went on Monday morning to the small village 
of Gageenuggerum. Nearly the whole village was 
soon gathered about us. It was composed almost 
entirely of Madagas, there being only three or four 
other houses occupied by shepherds. The shep- 
herds soon dispersed; but the Madagas stood, and 
listened very attentively for a long time, some 
assuming a most reverential position with clasped 
hands. Although none of them could read, one of 
the helpers held up a Scripture portion, saying it 
was the word of God, and they could get some one 
to read it to them. They eagerly took a number 
of Scripture portions, and paid for them. Seeing 
their eagerness we told them how to call upon the 
name of the Lord, and said if they would bring a 
mat we would sing and have prayer before going. 
We then entered the yard of the house just before 
us, and sang and prayed with them, The people 
who were seated about us all bowed with us in 
prayer. It was probably the first time they ever 
heard the name of Christ, and they often repeated 
it after us. After further instructing them we rose 
to go. I extended my hand to them, and they 
grasped it one after another with great earnest- 
ness. Seeing their eagerness we were loath to 
leave them, and so made an appointment to come 
again in the evening. As we left they followed us 
to the outside of their village, and stood looking 
after us until we had proceeded for some dis- 
tance. 

In the Evening we went again according to 
appointment. We were received warmly, and they 
again spread mats for us, and we held a service of 
praise and prayer, reading from the Word, and 
teaching them the way of life. Satan could not 
leave such a reception of truth as this alone, so he 
sent a man there with a doubt. His difficulty was, 
“ What will the priest say about this?” This threw 
a little coldness over our second meeting at the 
beginning ; but we earnestly pressed home to them 
the truth, and left them with the same enthusiasm 
that had been manifested in the morning. It is a 
village far removed from any of our stations, and 
when I shall be able to see them again I cannot 
tell. May God grant to water the seed thus sown. 
We can only leave it in his hands. Oh for more 
laborers to reap the harvest! 

Camping and Preaching.— While we were 
spending the fore part of the evening until about 
eight o’clock in the village as above described, our 
cart with tents had moved on. We followed, reach- 
ing the camp late in the evening, and were on the 
move the next morning before light. By the break 


of day we had reached Kundakoor, where we 


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stopped and preached while the cart went on, 
We preached to a good crowd, first in the Madaga 
palem and then to a number gathered by our sing- 
ing in the main part of the village. I reached my 
tent about 9 A. M., which by that time was pitched 
in the next village about two miles farther on. | 
had not been there but a few minutes before the 
pataloo and others from the village commenced 
coming to the tent. They kept crowding in unti) 
the tent was well filled, and numbers standing 
about the doors and windows. I talked to them 
for an hour or two, and then tired and hungry dis- 
missed them to get my breakfast, after having dis- 
tributed tracts among them. 

Reception by a Jamindar. — At Oongoor we 
had a polite reception by the Jamindar. He is 
the owner of the village,— really a petty prince. 
On entering the village we met him near his house. 
I spoke to him, and told the object of our visit. 
He took me to his reception-room, and asked me 
to be seated. I requested to be permitted to first 
stand outside and speak to the people. So we 
sang a hymn and preached as usual. He, with 
other officials, stood and listened. After I had fin- 
ished speaking we were seated, and the preachers 
continued to address the crowd. All listened well, 
and on leaving I presented the Jamindar with a 
copy of the New Testament. It is a point gained 
to get the ear of such persons, as it insures us a 
respectful hearing by the people. God is able 
too to move proud hearts, and make kings bow in 
humble penitence at his feet. 

An Earnest Blacksmith, — As we broke camp 
and moved on from the large village of Kundanool, 
two men joined us. One of these came up along- 
side of me, and looked up inquiringly; and I com- 
menced speaking to him of Christ the Saviour. 
I learned that he was a blacksmith, and the old 
man with him the pataloo of his village. The 
blacksmith especially listened with great earnest- 
ness, and seemed to be drinking in the truth. In 
order to hear more, they left their direct road, and 
continued with us for some distance; he acknow]- 
edged the truth, and seemed delighted to listen to 
us. I gave him some tracts, which he seemed 
pleased to receive. He parted from us to go to his 
village, but when will he hear again about One able 
to save? It makes one feel sad, that there is no 
one to follow up the work there. This tour was 
for a considerable portion of it through a district 
where there is no missionary. When will there 
be sufficient laborers to give to these perishing 
millions the bread of life? My soul goes out for 
such as these who show such an eagerness for the 
truth; but it is impossible for me to go every. 
where. May God remember in mercy such souls, 
and in his infinite goodness open the way for 
them. 

During this Tour of two hundred miles we 


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met other interesting cases,—one especially, a 
pataloo, who showed great earnestness. He took 
me to his own house, and afterward came to the 
tent and listened for a long time. On leaving he 
took my hand, and promised to meet me in heaven. 
The tour was a very interesting one. We sold 
many tracts and Scripture portions, and gave away 
a large number of leaflets. But I cannot help but 
think of these thousands in darkness with no one 
to lead them to the light. May God open the 
way to give his own truth to these perishing 
ones! 


Mr. J. Newcomb. 
Cumeum, Dec. 21, 1885. 


We arrived here at four A.M. on the 12th inst., 
after twenty-four hours’ ride by train, and six 
days — ninety-one miles — by bandy-coach on a 
fair road. Bellamy being only thirty miles off the 
direct line, and the home of Mrs. Newcomb’s sister, 
and the headquarters of my old regiment, we 
branched off and staid twelve days with them. 
And I believe the time was spent to the glory of 
God; for I preached to the soldiers and in the 
Methodist church on six occasions, and it resulted 
in five or six converts, in the conviction of others, 
and in the building-up of the church generally; 
and it was all the sweeter, because Mrs. New- 
comb’s sister was converted on this occasion. I 
prayed much for these meetings before leaving 
Secunderabad ; and my Father, as he always does, 
took delight in answering me. 

We found the church and people here in a 
healthy spiritual condition, and yet so much like 
children, that they will need some one to care for 
them during the furlough of brother and sister 
3oggs. Mr. Boggs anticipates leaving here in 
March, and I think a furlough will do them and 
their children good. No one has any idea of the 
weariness of mind they must have had in getting 
the work started here. When they came here 
three years ago, there was nothing but the twenty 
acres of land, with no buildings. Now there is a 
temporary bungalow for the missionaries, two 
schoolhouses, stables, cook-house, and quarters for 
school-children and school-teachers and gospel- 
preachers, and last, but by no means least, a fine 
church of stone, twenty-four by sixty feet for the 
hall, and good verandas, and a fine bell-tower, 
with a good bell to call the people living in the 
villages around to church. Mr. Boggs hopes to 
dedicate the church, Dr. Clough being present, on 
the roth of January. There is still much needed 
a permanent bungalow for the missionary’s home, 
and a good fence or wall around the compound. 

We started on a ten-days tour four days after 
our arrival, but were driven back by heavy rains, 
but succeeded in reaching one village twelve miles 


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out. We got in about seven o’clock, just when 
the moon was bright; and I felt so much encour- 
aged to find quite a number of the Christians wait- 
ing on the edge of the town to meet us, and give 
us a hearty welcome. After our dinner at about 
eight o’clock, we went to their schoolhouse, where 
they gathered to hear the precious gospel; and I 
must confess that I felt the Divine Presence very 
much all through the meetings, and was much sur- 
prised to find them so orderly and hearing so well. 
We like Cumbum, and we are quite happy, as we 
have long since promised God to go anywhere he 
wishes to send us,although,after Mr. and Mrs. Boggs 
leave, we may be the only white people in Cumbum. 


CHINA. 
Rev. S. B. Partridge. 
Swatow, Oct. 5, 1885. 


Preachers. — We have had our native preach- 
ers with us for two weeks. This has given us time 
for eleven sessions of from an hour to an hour 
and a half each, in which were discussed the topics 
given out three months ago. The subjects were, 
(t) The character and the duty of the preacher of 
the gospel, as taught in Paul’s letter to Timothy; 
(2) The New-Testament teaching in regard to bap- 
tism; (3) The teaching of the Scriptures in regard 
to lying. very session was an interesting one, 
and we are hoping for good results. Aside from 
these sessions for special study, we have had the 
meetings which we usually hold at the time of our 
quarterly gatherings. Having the preachers here 
for two full weeks, has given us time to talk with 
them all, and to learn definitely the condition of 
our entire field, which, for four months, neither 
Mr. Ashmore nor [ have been able to visit on 
account of the summer heat. The spirit mani- 
fested at this gathering, by the native preachers 
and the bible-women, has been very gratifying, 
leading us to hope that they go forth to three 
months more of evangelistic work with more ear- 
nestness and sincerity, and with more entire con- 
secration, than ever before. On Saturday of the 
first week, the preachers went out to the stations 
within twenty-five miles to spend the Sabbath, and 
assembled here again on Monday. On Friday of 
last week, two sessions were devoted to individual 
reports of the work of the three preceding months. 
The reports were brief, enabling us to hear from 
more than thirty preaching places, covering our 
entire field. 

Comparing our present circumstances with 
those of one year ago, we have abundant reason 
for gratitude. One year ago, there was uncertain- 


ty, anxiety, and distress; chapels were being de- 
stroyed, and Christians were being persecuted and 
Only partial restitution 


driven from their homes. 


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for property destroyed has been made, and the 
families driven from their homes cannot yet re- 
turn; but the country is quiet, and there are no 
unusual obstacles to the preaching of the Word. 
Baptisms. — There were twenty-five applicants 
for baptism, and much time was given to their 
examination. On Saturday, P.M., our church- 
meeting occupied nearly three hours. The reports 
of committees, on delinquent church-members, 
made it necessary to exclude two. Two letters 
had been prepared, — one to send to our Baptist 
brethren in Canton, and one for the Che Kiang 
Association soon to be held within the limits of 
our Eastern China Mission. <A few applicants for 
baptism were examined, in addition to those who 
had already been examined. It was voted to bap- 
tize and receive into the church twenty of the ap- 
plicants, — twelve men and eight women. These 
twenty persons came from nineteen towns and vil- 
lages, and all gave good evidence of sincerity. 
Among the nineteen who received the hand 
of fellowship after baptism on Sunday, were some 
cases of special interest. The oldest was a woman 
of seventy-seven years, who had come from a place 
more than thirty miles distant. The youngest was 
a boy of fifteen, the son of one of our most active 
lay members. One woman past sixty years of age 
was opposed by all the members of her family; 
and when asked what she would do when they 
refused to support her, replied that she could sup- 
port herself by making the thread used in weaving 
grass-cloth. One of the men is the head of one of 
the families which just one year ago were driven 
from their village, because they had forsaken the 
worship of idols. One young man is the son of one 
of our native preachers. But the case in which | 
felt the deepest interest was that of a mason, a man 
of about forty years of age. He has been employed 
by us more or less every year for ten years or 
more, and has heard the gospel again and again. 
He belonged to that class for whom we scarcely 
dare to hope, and for whom we almost forget to 
pray. They can hear the gospel whenever they 
please, but they are indifferent to it. They are 
familiar with scriptural phrases, but seem to at- 
tach no meaning to them. A few days ago I went 
to look after some work this man was doing for 
me, and started to return to the house, when he 
came running after me, saying he wished to speak 
a few words to me on a very important subject. 
He then said he had recently been thinking very 
seriously about himself. He had heard the gospel 
for many years, but not until recently had he ap- 
plied it to his own heart. He had had several 
attacks of illness within two years, and these had 
impressed upon him the uncertainty of life. He 


now desired to come to Christ, and to find salva- 
tion through him before it should be too late; and 
asked if he might present himself at the time of 


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the quarterly gathering. My want of faith was 
rebuked, but I rejoiced in the evidence of what 
seemed to be the direct work of the Holy Spirit. 
These twenty men and women have gone back to 
nineteen towns and villages, from twenty to sev- 
enty-five miles distant; and our prayers follow 
them. 


AFRICA. 
Che Congo fMlission. 
Rev. Joseph Clark. 


Dec. to, 1885. 

Need of Re-enforcements. — Mr. Probert will 
be working alone at Stanley Pool, Mr. Hoste alone 
at Lukungu, Frederickson at Mukimbungu alone, 
Gerrish alone at Banza Mantika. In two months 
Mr. Frederickson leaves Mukimbungu for home, 
and Mr. Petterson leaves Equator Station, too, for 
Sweden. Who are to keep up these stations? 
Eddie should not be alone at Equator. If any of 
these brethren fall sick, and have to go home, who 
shall take their places? If any one should die, 
owing to want of medical treatment (having no 
one to care for him when sick), who is to be 
blamed? Shall we say the Congo climate has 
carried off so and so? Would not hundreds, nay 
thousands, die monthly in England or America if 
they were living in those countries, bearing the 
same mental strain, and having no one to treat or 
nurse them when sick? Some of our brethren 
have been hard at work from daybreak til] ten p.m., 
for fully a year, without one holiday. What min- 
ister of the gospel at home is required to do this 
where the air invigorates and braces, and where 
comforts are on every hand? Why should the 
Church of God demand such labors of those who 
come forth here, and, when some break down 
under the “last straw,” cry out against the unfit- 
ness of the Congo for missionary labor ? 

Almost without exception our missionaries 
are engaged from sixteen to eighteen hours a day, 
seven days a week, when well. Mrs. Clark here 
(where we have over twenty children, apart from 
our own baby) rises at half-past six a.M., and is 
constantly engaged till at least eight p.m., and very 
often till half-past nine, and even ten, p.m. It is 
not the work only that has to be done, but the 
thought, care, and worry attending such a life as 
ours weigh upon men and women far more than 
the Congo climate; and I would have the Church 
of God in America know that the Congo climate 
is not what is hurting us, but the “last straw” that 
must be carried. 

Standing face to face with the dark ranks of 
heathendom, knowing that thousands upon thou- 


- sands of these poor people are going to a lost and 


fearful eternity, and feeling that the work is too 


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great for the few who are here, I appeal to you all 
to come here, by helping as the Lord has put in 
your power, by praying for us, by giving of your 
means and of your sons and daughters, that the 
cause of God may triumph against its mighty foes. 
Come to the help of the Lord against the mighty. 
Would I were face to face to speak, — I feel as 
though I cannot write; but in the name of God I 
appeal to you, that, as those who have been bought 
with the precious blood of Jesus, ye see to it that 
the gospel is preached here, ye see to it that the 


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kingdom of light and glory extend to where now 
darkness and misery reign. By the misery and 
darkness of these people, God calls for effort and 
sacrifice here. By the eternal state that awaits 
these poor creatures, God calls you to work here; 
and the voice and needs of God’s servants who are 
here appeal to you, that ye who have, remember 
that your silver arid your gold, your time, tal- 
ents, and comforts, all are God’s, and ye are his 
stewards. 


GLEANINGS FROM LETTERS. 


MAULMAIN. — Have just made a jungle 
trip to the island Peloujone. Had a very 
delightful time. Baptized two. In one of the 
villages of Peloujone there lives an old Karen 
Christian, removed about ten miles from the 
village in which we have a church. He is 
alone among heathen. He is a man of some 
little means, and, unaided, is building a sub- 
stantial church building, and intends to call a 
teacher and support a school in his village. 
His zeal is impressive to the heathen among 
whom he lives. Already they listen quite 
hopefully. That little village is on my heart. 
Please pray that the Holy Spirit may move 
powerfully there. — Rev. J. L. BULKLEy, 
Nov. 26, 1885. 


KEMENDINE.— During the last few 
weeks we have had a number of girls come 
out asking for baptism. With the girls came 
the normal teacher, Moung Zo Pyho. He has 
been thinking on the subject for a long time, 
and seemed interested in the Bible, and finally 
decided to come out and take a stand for 
Christ. I assure you it was a happy day for 
us, when he and eleven of our school-girls 
were baptized. — Miss M. E. WILLIAMs, Dec. 
g, 1885. 


VINUKONDA.— I have been touring in 
the Nursaravapetta field in November, when 
fifty-six were baptized, and a number excluded, 
and others disciplined. Much more of this 
work needs to be done. I start to-day on an- 
other long tour, and expect to spend most of 


my time for the next three months in the Nur- 
saravapetta field. In order to have better con- 
trol of the preachers and teachers, I shall from 
the first of January have monthly instead of 
quarterly meetings, and pay them monthly sal- 
aries; I shall pay them only about one-half 
the amount they receive at Ramapatam when 
students. This will throw more than one-half 
of the burden of their support on to the 
churches, and less than one-half on to the 
mission.— Rev. G. N. THomssen, Dec. 7, 
1885. 


SWATOW. — Two houses used as chapels 
were destroyed by mobs a year ago last sum- 
mer. Mrs. Partridge and I made a trip of two 
weeks recently in that region. The houses 
have been thoroughly rebuilt by direction of 
the officials, and are in better condition than 
before their destruction. The church-mem- 
bers whose houses were injured and robbed 
have as yet received no compensation, and I 
am not sure they ever will. Eight persons 
were baptized at one of those stations a few 
weeks ago, and I could not learn that there 
had been a single case of defection on account 
of the persecutions. We are enjoying our 
country work very much. — Rev. S. B. PAr- 
TRIDGE, Dec. 7, 1885. 


SWATOW TOUR.—This is Thursday 
evening, and we have been in the country 
since Friday. Thus far we have visited two 
of our stations, have met over forty Christian 
women, and have visited twenty-four families 


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in thirteen villages. I have never found better 
opportunities for work among heathen women 
than on this trip. We have visited some 
villages never before visited by foreign women, 
and so have met with some large crowds; but 
we have been well treated, and I trust we have 
been able to do real good. On this visit my 
little companion, Miss Buzzell, finds herself 
able to tell the important parts of the gospel 
story, and to interest her listeners from the 
beginning to the end of her story; and their 
questions show that they have no difficulty in 
understanding what they have heard. This is 
very encouraging, as Miss Buzzell has been 
in China only eleven months. She is very 
much interested in this country work, and 
gives promise of making a very useful mis- 
sionary. — Miss S. A. Norwoop,Nov. 5, 1885. 


KOBE. — Since the quarter commenced, 
six persons have been baptized here in Kobe, 
and three at Yakata.— Rev. H. H. RHEEs, 
Dec. 23, 1885. 


CHOSIN. — We have had some serious dif- 
ficulties to contend with in Chésin. Without 


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a native preacher I have had to work through 
my Japanese teacher. Result, a few seemingly 
sincere searchers after truth, and many op- 
posers. Once stones have been thrown. A 
pamphlet of about twenty pages has been pub- 
lished, reviling the Christian faith; and the 
teachers of that faith, of course, come in for 
their share of abuse. Various forms of de- 
ception have been practised to injure me, and 
all connected with the Christian cause. A 
Buddhist paper in Tokio has announced the 
fact of my going to Chésin to teach Christian- 
ity, calling me by name (as nearly as the 
Japanese ever come to my name), and warning 
young men to beware of the fraud known as 
Christianity. A local paper has published an 
article of a very ribald character, abusing me 
and my Christian tracts, etc. On the theory 
that the powers of darkness keep quiet where 
they are not in danger of being interfered with, 
we believe that God is already answering our 
prayers for the growth of his kingdom in Ché- 
sin. Certainly the enemies of the cross are 
active, and in order that we who “know Him 
whom we have believed” may be more active, 
we are going down as soon as we can get 
away. — Rev. G. H. APPLETON, Jan. 4, 1886. 


MISSIONARY OUTLOOK. 


THE GOSPEL FOR ALL. — The proclama- 
tion of the Gospel awakens everywhere a sub- 
stantial identity of inward experience and of 
outward behavior. Set up the cross on Green- 
land snows, and its rude form will soon be 
wreathed with the same blossoms of faith and 
love which garland it lifted on Syrian soil. 
Speak to the ebon dwellers of the equator, of 
salvation by the blood of Christ, and they will 
crave its purifying power as believingly as the 
Hebrew apostle who wrote, “the blood of Jesus 
his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” Proclaim 
the “ kingdom of God” in China and Japan, and 
men there will seek citizenship in it, and will 
manifest loyalty to it and its King, as earnest 
and sincere as Netherlandish martyr to the 
Reformation’s faith, or Pilgrim planter of our 
New England Church. Substantial identity of 
experience and of behavior is begotten every- 


where by the Gospel message. But it is a 
very severe, and sometimes a very unreason- 
able, standard, by which we frequently try the 
quality of Christian work on heathen soil. 
We often seem to expect, even from the first 
generation of converts, and it may be these 
from the midst of savage tribes, a stability of 
character, a rectitude of morals, a decency of 
manners, and an orderliness and intelligence 
of religious and even of social and political 
behavior, which among ourselves are the slow 
fruits only of centuries. We expect too much, 
and we expect sometimes what ought never to 
come. For, in the wide progress of the Gospel, 
it is to take hold on not only what is alike in all 
men, as their sin and need; but what also will 
forever be unlike, as their temperaments, their 
tastes, and their ineradicable race feelings and 
ideas. The ideals of the Christian life ought 


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not to be expected to be the same everywhere 
and among all peoples. 

The wonder of wonders is that the Christ 
who is humanity’s Head, and the new king- 
dom’s King, is comprehensive enough to be 
Lord and brother of men so unlike. To the 
Occidental he is the Occidental, to the Oriental 
he is the Oriental Christ. The cultured Eng- 
lishman finds nothing in him which is strange ; 
the Bushman African, once brought near to 
him, finds him familiar no less. In both 
alike and in all who come to him, he awakens 
the experiences and the loyalties of the 
heavenly citizenship. And this growing, mul- 
tiplying, diversifying evidence of the suscep- 
tibility of all men to spiritual life in Christ, 
bears “ witness ” to the fathers’ “faith ” that 
the Gospel is an ultimate revelation to men, 
and a revelation for all mankind. They had 
no other view of it, nor can we have; for in 
the religion of Christ we have a universal 
and final religion for man.— Rev. G. L. 
WALKER, D.D. 


THE GOSPEL MISSION. — It is certainly 
a true, but it is as certainly a far from com- 
plete, conception of the aim of the Gospel, 
merely to convert individual souls. Its mis- 
sion is to penetrate and transform society. Its 
work is to leaven the whole mass of human 
interests with a divinely purifying power. It 
touches every act and every relationship of 
humanity with a life from above, and inter- 
penetrates all that man can do with a new 
spirit and a heavenly light. It affects govern- 
ments, moulds education, *rectifies manners, 
purifies behavior, sweetens fellowship, makes 
the common ways of men better, healthier, 
happier, as well as holier. Its endeavor is to 
realize a divine society, not hereafter only, but 
on earth,—'to have the “kingdom of God” 
come, not in the skies alone or the future 
merely, but here and among men. It is, in 
short, the Christianization of the world, at 
which it points and for which it prays. And 
the prayer it offers is one taught by the Master 
himself: “ Thy will be done, as in heaven so 
on earth.” — Rev. G. L. WALKER, D.D. 


A MISSIONARY GOSPEL is a simple Gos- 
pel. It has been from the first. The precise 
nature and results of Adamic connections, the 
ontological distributions of the Divine per- 


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sonalities, the reconciliation of responsibility 
and decree, discussions of the provinces of 
resistible and irresistible grace, provings or 
disprovings of final perseverance in holiness, 
explications of the relative efficiency of the 
Divine and human factors in the conversion 
of a soul, have no place therein. It rang out 
first in the simple declaration, “ Believe on 
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be 
saved,” and it has no other utterance to-day. 
Let it be that one of the great general creeds 
of Christendom, enumerating its more than 
fifty definite, abstract particulars concerning 
the inherent nature of the Triune Personality, 
declares: “ This is the Catholic faith, which 
faith except every one do keep whole and un- 
defiled, without doubt he shall perish everlast- 
ingly.” It comforts us, nevertheless, to know 
that a great and accepted missionary of the 
gospel has said: “If thou shalt confess with 
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thy heart that God hath raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt be saved.” And it is the 
Divine witness to the efficiency of the Gospel 
preached, in large measure, in the simplicity 
of its first promulgation, that we celebrate to- 
day. Whatever of power there has been in 
it, this has been the hiding of its strength. — 
Rev. G. L. WALKER, D.D. 


MODERN MISSIONS.—I am convinced 
that the Church of Christ, as a whole, is barely 
awake to the realization and appreciation of 
what God is doing in the world at the present 
time. It is a day of the Spirit’s activity and 
power in foreign missionary fields. We seem 
also to be entering upon an era of wonderful 
providential interpositions in behalf of the 
kingdom of Christ,—as, for example, the es- 
tablishment of the Congo Free State, which 
opens up a tract of country in the heart of 
Africa two and a half times as large as Europe, 
and with a population equal to that of the 
United States, to the free entrance of civilizing 
agencies and missionary enterprise. It is like 
the unrolling of a new apocalyptic seal whose 
meaning is mercy and not judgment. We may, 
I think, also expect that the crowning evidence 
of Christianity is to come, not in the line of 
critical research and monumental archeologi- 
cal discovery, but in the living power of the 
Gospel to enter among the ancient systems 
of error, among the effete and disintegrating 


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peoples of heathenism, and recall them to life 
and to moral principle, and to spiritual power 
in the world. — Rev. JAMEs S. Dennis, D.D., 
in the Foreign Missionary. 


THE POPULATION OF CHINA is now 
commonly estimated at from 250,000,000 to 
300,000,000. The general census of 1812 gives 
Chekiang more than 26,000,000, but a provin- 
cial census in 1879 reduces this to about 11,- 
500,000. Floods, famines, emigration, the 
wide-spread increase of opium-smoking, and, 
most of all, the long-continued and bloody 
Tai-ping rebellion, have caused this great de- 
crease. With a better development of her 
recourses, China could support a greater pop- 
ulation than she now has. America is in no 
immediate danger of a “ Mongolian invasion.” 

Number of Protestant missionaries in 1884, 
men and women: British, 432; American, 368; 
German, 51; total, including those absent from 
China, 851. But the 410 male missionaries, 
divided among 250,000,000, gives only one to 


every 610,000 souls. — REV. G. L. MASON, 


the Fournal and Messenger. 


BUDDHISM IN JAPAN. — We regret to 
say that it is our opinion that Buddhism can- 
not long hold its ground, and that Christianity 
must finally prevail throughout all Japan: 
We do not mean that it will do this all at once, 
this day, this month. In the present state of 
things, with the exception of the learned and 
most respectable class, and a few Shinto 
priests, all Japan to a man is Buddhist, while 
those of the Christian faith are not a thou- 
sandth part of the people. But Japanese 
Buddhism and Western sciences cannot stand 
together. They are inconsistent, the one with 
the other. Buddhism cannot be acceptable to 
any but ignorant believers. On the other 
hand, Christianity, though sometimes forced 
to do so, yet, since it does unite with the 
physical sciences, secures the faith of the 
higher classes. This the Buddhist can in no 
wise expect to do. — Fafan Gazette. 


IN JAPAN a brighter day is dawning. A 
powerful re-action from the exclusively scien- 
tific spirit of the day is already begun. Among 


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March, 


other indications we recognize a kindly feeling 
toward Christianity among the leading men of 
Japan. Christianity enjoys almost as perfect 
freedom as in any Christian country. Mis- 
sionaries are welcomed and respected. The 
people are beginning to know that virtue and 
knowledge are the true essentials of civiliza- 
tion. Even those who have no personal inter- 
est in Christianity as a system of faith are 
advancing the idea that religion is the vital 
support of social and political organization ; 
that without it society cannot exist ; that mere 
political legislation cannot preserve the nation 
from corruption ; that the nation must be edu- 
cated morally as well as intellectually for its 
prosperity and progress. —R. NAKASHIMA 
in The Independent. 


THE CONGO COUNTRY. — Lieut. Taunt 
of the United-States Navy, has just returned 
from the Upper Congo, where he was sent 
upon a mission of observation by our govern- 
ment. From the reports of interviews with 
that gentleman in London and Brussels, it 
appears that he confirms the good accounts 
given by Stanley, De Brazza, and other ex- 
plorers, of the region above Stanley Pool, the 
only part of the Free State which is in serious 
process of exploration. He agrees with Con- 
sul Tisdel that the Lower Congo is mainly arid, 
unhealthy, and unproductive ; but he speaks 
with great enthusiasm of the immense riches 
of the Upper Congo, its excellent climate, and 
the marvellous beauty of its scenery. He 
praises the organization of the Free State sta- 
tions, and only complains that there are not 
enough of them. Lieut. de Brazza, the French 
explorer, says, “The region of the Upper 
Congo is very rich and beautiful. Between 
Isangila and Vivi it is almost a desert. As 
to the climate, it is neither better nor worse 
on the Lower Congo than anywhere on the 
coast. From Stanley Pool upward it is ex- 
cellent. The high plateaus have a remarkable 
salubrity. The mortality is regulated by gen- 
eral conditions. The health of the white man 
established in these regions is a question of 
personal temperament. Life is long or short 
there, according as the subject is more or less 
robust as in other countries.” This account 
of M. de Brazza agrees with that of most 
other serious and impartial explorers. — The 
Christian at Work. 


1886. | 


COUNT ZINZENDORF. — We must ad- 
vance to the eighteenth century to find a 
nobleman dedicating his entire time and pos- 
sessions to the service of the Saviour, and 
making it the sole aim of life, by personal 
efforts at home and abroad, to win the largest 
possible number of souls to Christ, and that 
too in a period of general religious decline, 
and for many years a time of war. From 
childhood onward, lip and life were thus con- 
secrated. No other German, neither Gossner 
of Berlin, nor Harms of Hermannsburg, has 
been engaged in sending out missionaries to 
so many countries. In his day he was the 
John Howard of foreign evangelism. If called 
upon to name an utterance of modern times, 
which, in view of all circumstances, indicates 
the broadest, clearest, and most sympathetic 
apprehension of apostolic evangelism, should 
we not repeat this one of the Count’s? “The 


whole earth is the Lord’s: men’s souls are 


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all his; | am debtor to all.”— Rev. A. C. 
THompson, D.D., in “ Moravian Mis- 
stons.” 


A CONSECRATED LIFE. — It may not be 
generally known, that Mr. C. T. Studd, the 
celebrated cricketer, who went out last year 
as a missionary to China, had the large for- 
tune of $500,000, when he determined to con- 
secrate himself wholly to God. He went to 
Mr. Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China 
Inland Mission, and offered him the whole 
of this great fortune. Mr. Taylor refused, 
but Studd would not be denied. He put the 
money in the hands of trustees, and the inter- 
est goes to the China Inland Mission, while 
Studd goes to China just to have common fare 
with the other missionaries. This is Chris- 
tianity. Surely God will honor such noble 
self-sacrifice. — Christian Commonwealth. 


ENGLISH BAPTIST. — The latest reports 
from the Congo Mission are to the effect that all 
is well, and the prospects are brightening. With 
a view to secure thoroughly efficient medical and 
surgical treatment for the missionaries, the com- 
mittee has resolved to send out two or three fully 
qualified and well-equipped medical men, for a 
limited service, and under special conditions. 
The conference of Baptist missionaries in North 
India met in Calcutta, Nov. 4-9, 1885. A marked 
feature of the meeting was the day devoted to 
woman's work in missions. The Baptists in 


Australia have become deeply interested in mis- 
sions in India, particularly zenana work, and have 
sent six ladies to work in various places. 


PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS. — Under 
the title of the “ United Church of Christ in Japan,” 
three missionary organizations laboring in the em- 
pire—the American Presbyterian, the American 
Reformed, and the Scotch United Presbyterians — 
are banded together, and in November last held 
their third general assembly. The churches repre- 
sented numbered forty-four, with a membership of 
over four thousand. The meeting was held at 
Tokio, sixty delegates being present, and at some 


OTHER SOCIETIES. 


of the sessions there was an audience of not far 
from one thousand. A native pastor was chosen 
moderator of the assembly, and the reports re- 
ceived of Christian work throughout the empire 
were full of encouragement. The advance in 
church-members within two years has been about 
seventy per cent. — AVissionary Herald. 


THE word foreign hardly belongs to the 
vocabulary of Christ’s kingdom. His visible 
Church cannot be elsewhere than in the midst 
of a field, the circumference of which is the 
utmost limit of our race. — A. C. THOMPSON, 
D.D. 


THE cause of the great lack of the mission- 
ary spirit in our churches is, that there is not 
enough Christ in them. — REv. W. F. Bain- 
BRIDGE. 


CHRISTIAN missions follow the supreme 
law of love, and should never be caught in the 
eddies and fluctuations of religious opinions. 
— NEWMAN SMYTH. 


Missionary News. — Donations. 


MISSIONARY NEWS. 


GENERAL. — It is stated that forty students 
of Cambridge University, England, and a large 
number from Oxford, are planning to go out as for- 
eign missionaries The income of the London 
Missionary Society is seventy-five thousand dollars 
short of its needs. The General Conference of 
German Missionary Societies, held in Bremen last 
October, devoted its attention chiefly to missions 
in the German colonies, and especially to the regu- 
lation of the sale of intoxicating liquors in the 
German colonies. A memorial to the Government 
was adopted, praying that the liquor-traffic should 
be prohibited or regulated in all the colonies. The 
practice of the Moravian Church in brewing, dis- 
tilling, and selling liquor for the support of their 
missions, is attracting notice. 

CHINA. — Han Qua, a Chinese banker of 
Canton, is said to be worth $1,400,000,000, and _ to 
pay taxes on an estate of $450,000,000. By the 
side of his, even Vanderbilt’s wealth was insiguifi- 
cant. A number of Chinese converts at Fuchow 
have volunteered to go to Korea as missionaries. 
This is the first instance of a Chinaman leaving 
his own country to spread Christianity in foreign 
countries. In South China the restoration of 
peace seems to have brought wider opportunities 
for missionary labor. 

JAPAN. — The First Church of Kioto, which 
had a pleasant edifice near the homes of its mem- 
bers, where they were well accommodated, have 
just gone off three-quarters of a mile, and hired a 
building in a densely populated section, where they 
can better reach others with the gospel. Certain 
people have banded themselves together in Japan 


to oppose the spread of Christianity by means of 
public lectures all over the country. They call 
themselves “ Yaso TZazji,” or “ Jesus Opposers;” 
but often their efforts only serve to arouse a 
greater interest in the religion of Jesus, and to show 
the emptiness of Buddhism and Shintoism. 

SOUTH AMERICA.—Argentine Repub- 
lic. — A struggle is going on between the Govern- 
ment and the Roman Church, in reference to the 
employment of Protestant teachers in the normal 
schools. The bishop of Cordova has been dis- 
missed from his see by the government for inter- 
fering with the schools, and the apostolic delegate 
has been sent out of the country for the same cause. 
The contest has gone so far that it may result in 
the separation of church and state. 

ISLES OF THE SEA.—The natives of 
the Society Islands are remarkable for the progress 
they have made in self-help in religious matters. 
Raiatea, with 1,500 inhabitants, has contributed 
$1,224; ‘Tahaa, with goo inhabitants, $563; Pora 
Pora, with 1,000 people, $1,153; and yet there has 
been no resident missionary on these islands the 
past year. At their missionary meetings, the 
people are in the habit of making offerings in 
memory of deceased friends. The British and 
Foreign Bible Society sent last April a consign- 
ment of sixteen cases of Bibles in the Fijian lan- 
guage to the islands, but so eager was the demand 
that the supply failed to satisfy it. The signing 
of a treaty of peace between France and Mad- 
agascar has been announced. The authority of 
the queen over the whole island is acknowledged, 
and there will be a French resident at the capital. 


DONATIONS 


FOR THE DEBT, TO FEB. 1, 1886. 


MAINE, $71.03. 


Damariscotta, ch., Wom. For. Miss. Soc., 5; Ken- 
nebunkport, Lyman Chase, 5; Penobscot Asso., 
} C. White, tr., Bangor, 2d ch., 9; ‘Tremont, R. 

illings, 2; Augusta, Mrs. Louisa White, 1; 
Searsport, Mrs. J. A. Clemont, 2; Norway, Mrs. 
F. R. French, .25; Sewards, U. Marble, 1; Ells- 
worth, ch., 6; Union, Mrs. F. V. Bryant, .25; 
Washburn, Ladies’ Circle, 5; Hallowell, ch., 
Wom. Miss. Soc.,8; Hope, Lizzie P. Young, .50; 
Portland, 1st ch., 17.78; Lisbon Falls, ch., 7.25; 


Waterville, J. S., 1; $71 03 


NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1.00. 
Stratham, L. P. Smith, 


VERMONT, $60.22. 


Saxton's River, ch., 10.22; do., friend, 50; 


MASSACHUSETTS, $53.25. 


Boston, a friend, .so; a member of Union Temple 
ch., 1; Mrs. Alice Gilbert of same ch., 5; 
Charlestown, 1st ch., Judson Miss. Soc., 5; 
Weston, ch, Dr. L. Goodenough, 5; Sterling, 


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$1 00 
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1886. Donations. 83 


ch., 9.25; Kingston, ch., 10; Cambridge, rst ILLINOIS, $8.50. 
ch., 2.50; Worcester, Miss E. Lawrence, 10; Hyde Park, ch., 3.30; Chicago, rst ch., Miss L. 
Weymouth, ch., 5; $53 25 


resser, 2; boris, Prof. L. T. Regan, 3; per 


8 
RHODE ISLAND, $6.00. Rev. C. F. Tolman, — 5; $8 50 
Newport, 2d S. S., 4; Providence, Mr. and Mrs. MINNESOTA, $30.56. 
Chas. Hibbard, 2; 600  s. Paul, rst ch., per Rev. C. F. Tolman, 30 56 
BNEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, $4.00. 
Troy, Sunny Side, Mrs. J. G. Warren, 5.60; Buf- : 2G 
falo, J. A. Newman, 25; Bottskill, Mrs. E. D. Santa Clara, Mrs. S. W. Henry, 1‘ 
Culver, 10; New York, Berean ch., Mrs. Robert NORTH CAROLINA $1.00. 
Harris, 10; 50 60 
Goldsboro’, Theo. Whitfield, 1 00 


NEW JERSEY, $2.00. 


Hackensack, R. S. Gould, 2 00 
Secunderabad, Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb, 1 each, 2 00 
PENNSYLVANIA, $6.00. 


Central Asso., the Gregg family, 4; Philadelphia, JAPAN, 
Mrs. L. A. Knowlton, 2; 6 00 friends, 5 each, 
OHIO, $36.00. $342 16 


Previously reported, 5,330 10 
A lady in Ohio, for her family, 21; Akron, ch., 
Young People’s Soc., per Rev. Thos. Allen, 15; 


INDIA, $2.00. 


‘Total to Feb. 1, 1836, $5,672 26 


DONATIONS 
RECEIVED IN JANUARY, 1886. 


MAINE, $155 is for the Burma and 25 for the Congo Mission), 

Cherryfield, ch., 3.60; Waterville, S. <7 for sup. 50; Learborn-st. ch, W. S. Tobey, 20; a friend, 
Lamboram, care Rev. P. H. Moore, 20; Port- 100; Sandwich, Wm. C. Chipman, 3; Hingham, 
land, a friend, 10; Greene, Mrs. Florilla Elms, ch., 12-703 Winchester, rst ch., 35.34; Haverhill, 
for Bible-work, t; Penobscot Asso., J. C. W hite, 2d ch., 1.60; Brookline, a friend, 5; Worcester, 
tr., Bangor, rst ch. ., 50; Bangor, 2d ch., 19; do., ist ch., con. coll., 4.80; North Attleboro’, ch., 
S. S., 13.17, — 82 17; Foxcroft, Rev. C.C. Tilley, 23-25; Taunton, Winthrop-st. ch., 20; Agawam, 
6; Dover and Foxcroft, ch., 10; Kennebunk Cornelia C, Bodurtha, 3; D. A. Pyne, 2; West- 
Village, ch.,15; Hodg: ion, Leonard Mayo, 73: field, Central Bap. ch., 13.02; ~ Chelmsford, 
Harpswell ‘Centre, Paul C. Alexander, 2.50; N. Bb. Edwards, 25; Roslindale, Miss Austin, for 
ee Richard Patterson, 2.50; Brooklin, the Congo Miss’ n, 10; West Somerville, ch., 
ch., $155 66 30.51; Everett, Boynton, 2.50; ‘Thompson- 
From) Aga 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $1,660.61. ville, S.S., Newton C entre, 28 66; West Hamp- 
ton, A. Kin: gsley, Fall River, 1st ch., 

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $221.39. 390.42; Newton Centre, M.S. M., 25; Amherst, 


ch., 41.21; Watertown, 1st ch., 400; Merrimac, 
ch., 4; Cambridge, Broadway ch., 186.56; Win- 
chendon, ch.,19; Holyoke, 2d ch., coll. at miss’y 


Milford, 1st ch., 59 17; Nashua, S. S., for miss’n 
work, care Rev. H. H. Rhees, 50; Concord, W. 
B. Stearns, 100; New London, ch, a student “5 


; ’ meeting, 5.21; $4,176 38 
Hamilton Theol. Sem, 5; Pottersville 8: From Apri 
Stratham, L. P. Smith, 1; New Boston, 
Hadley, 1.22; 221 39 - 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. r, 1886, $634.43. RHODE ISLAND, $720.78. 
Oak Lawn, S. S., 60.68; Pawtucket, rst ch., Mrs. 
VERMONT, $30.10. B. A. Benedict, toconst. Albert J. Read H. L. M., 
100; Wanskuck, Roger Williams, ch., 50; John- 
“prattlebors ston, Mrs. S. A. Wynn, too; Providence, tst ch 
ch., Ae ‘ ail ys isan (of wh, 63.46 is weekly off., and 32.84 con. coll.), 
96.30; Fourth ch., 58.80; Union c h. (of wh. 13 ts 
From Aaa 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $561.27. _for the Congo), 304; Mr. Chas. Hibbard, 5; 720 78 
MASSACHUSETTS, $4,176.38. From April 3, 1835, to Feb. 1, 1886, $3,385-71- 
East Boston, Central-square ch., 10; Monterey, CUNNECTICUT, $15.00. 
H. 1; “Dowd, White Hills, ch., 4; Eastford, ch., 10; Danielson- 
edham, ch.. 2.04; Rockland, ch., 7 75: Hol- ville, Mrs. H. N. Clemons, 1; 15 00 


=. 2d ch., 50; Clinton, rst ‘ch., tow. sup. 8. 
encutiah, care Dr. Clough, 39 16; Shelburne 
Falls, J. B. Bardwell, 8; Cambridge, tst ch. (of 


From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $2,459.92. 


wh. 20 is from Mrs. L. O. Pierce, 37.77 fr. S.S.), NEW YORK, $4,767.56. 

860.17; Melrose Highlands, a friend, 15; Ando- Oswego Asso., Wom. Miss. Union for sup. nat. pr. 
ver, ch., 12.50; West Gardner, ch., 42.20; Jamaica Moung Shway Gyah, by Mrs. M. P. Schenck, 
Plain, Mrs. M. F. Green, .so; Chicopee, Central 50; Whitesboro’, Wm. Hovey, 10.50; Deposit, 
ch., 5; Natick, ch., 97 54; Boston, two friends, Rev. J. L. Smith, 5; Alps, Mrs. ‘I. E. Saxby, 
4; Mrs. M. B. Adams, “ gum. Miss Susie M. for Dr. Clough’s work, 5; New York, J. M. Bray, 
Gross of Brookline, H. L. M., 100; Clarendon-st. 10; Newport, D. B. Luther, .s5o: Mrs. L uther, 
ch., special coll. for the ‘el Miss’n (of wh. 10 -50; Holtsville, L.1., Mrs. S. W. Bower, 3; 
is fr. S. W. Cole), 1,000; quarterly coll. of same Panama, Mrs. Amos Cook, 5; friends, 2,—7; 


ch., 453.84; Mr. Atwood,1; a friend (of wh. 25 Saratoga Springs, rst ch., Wom. Miss. Circle, 


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10; Throop,S. B. Harlow, jun., 4.99; Carmel, 

Harrict N. Cole, 1; Bristol, B. F. Phillips, 3.75; 

Brooklyn, a friend, 3; Buffalo, Washington-st. 
ch., tow. sup. of pupil in training sch. at Rama- 
patam, care Mrs. R. R. Williams, 25; Greenville, 
a friend of the Burma Mission, 3; Rochester, 
Mrs, Harriet Fowler, 1; Brooklyn, H. R. Reed, 
for the Congo Miss’n, 30; Buffalo, Ed. Fairbairn, 
a and L. H. Brown, 2, for Congo Miss’n, — 17; 
Gloversville, ch., Karen Miss’y Soc. (of wh. 50 
is for Loo Wah, and 50 for Shway Loo, care Mrs. 
C. B. Thomas, Henthada, 100; Albany, Mrs. 
Geo. A. Woolverton, 3,000; Troy, 2d S. S,5; 
Glens Falls, ch., 50.76; Greenwich, Elizabeth R. 
Terry, for Burma Miss., 1; 

Coll. per Rev. G. H. Brigham, Dist. Sec., Black 
River Asso., Copenhagen, ch., Dea. E. C. John- 


son, 

Cayuga Asso., Auburn, 2d ch., 

Chautauqua Asso., Stockton, ch., S. S., 

Genesee Asso., Pike, ch., 

Livingston Asso., Hemlock Lake, ch., S. S., for 
sup. Bago, nat. pr., care Rev. E. G. Phillips, 

Oneida Asso., Whitesboro’, ch, 26.88; D. H. Balis, 


3; 

Onondaga Asso., Central ch., Syracuse, 

Orleans Asso., Holley, ch., 

Oswego Asso., Central-square ch., 

secre grad Farmer Village, ch., 41.72; Ithaca, 
1st ch., 3; 

St. Lawrence Asso., Gouverneur, ch., 

Washington Union Asso., Bottskil!, ch., 

Wayne Asso., Palmyra, ch., 18.65; Newark, ch., 


35> 

Coil. per Rev. A. H. Burlingham, Dist. Sec., South- 
ern N.Y. Asso., Berean ch. con. , Mrs. Robert 
Harris, 100; Mrs, A. D. Gillette, special Bur. 
fund,1; Yonkers, Warburton-av. ch., add’l, Tel- 
ugu Miss’n, 50; New York, West 33d-st. ch., 47; 

Long Island Asso., Brooklyn, Emmanuel ch., 600; 
Central Williamsburg ch., add’l, 3.53; Green- 
port, ch.,. con, by H. E. Wells, 100; 

Hudson River Central Asso., Sing Sing, ch., 50; 
Peekskill, ch., S. S., 18; Piermont, ch., 3; 

Union Asso., Carmel ch , add’l, 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $14,411.07. 


NEW JERSEY, $390.79. 


Paterson, Dr. A. W. Rogers, tow. sup. miss’y to 
the Kurnools, 200; Haddonfield, Aaron C. 
Clemont, 1; 

Coll. per Rev. R. M. Luther, Dist. Sec., Central 
Asso., Bethlehem, ch., 21; Mansfield, ch., 6.27; 

West Jersey Asso., W. S. Capern, for nat. pr., care 
W. F. Thomas, Henthada, 32.50; West Creek, 
ch., 6.50; So. Vineland, 1.28; 

Coll. per Rev. A. H. Burlingham, Dist. Sec., North 
N.J. Asso., Bloomingdale, ch., 11.25; Summit, 
ch., 16.56; Hackensack, ch., add’l, 53.56; Hobo- 
ken, rst ch., 34 40; Glenwood, ch., 6.50; 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $4,343.20. 


PENNSYLVANIA, $1,331.04. 


Philadelphia, Anonymous, 5; Pittsburg, 4th-av. 
ch., Ladies’ Soc., for Kah Cheh, 50; Tideout, 
Mary A. Kendall, for sup. of boy Zieritsu, care 
Rev. C. D. King, 1; 

Coll. per Rev. R. M. Luther, Dist. Sec., Rev. G. P. 
Watrous, 

. Lewis Crozer, Esq., 
entre Asso., Logans Valley, ch., 

North Philadelphia Asso., 1st Germantown, Rev. 
T. A. Gill, 5; R. M. Luther, pulpit supply, 10; 

Oil Creek Asso., Erie, ch., 

Northumberland Asso., Berwick, ch., 

Central Union Asso., Kennett-square ch., 

Philadelphia Asso., Hebron, Y. P. A., 3.53; Up- 
land, quar. coll., 140.76; Bethany, Wilmington, 
27.33; Rev. W. H. Conard, Mantua, 10; 

Pittsburg Asso., Miss M. G. Eaton, Allegheny, 

Brom April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $7,310.19. 


MARYLAND, $100.00. 
Coll. per Rev. R. M. Luther, Dist. Sec., Baltimore, 


Mr. Chas. Keyser, 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $110. 


Donations. 


$3,347 00 


75 
10 00 
5 65 
16 00 


12 50 


793 53 


71 00 
5 4° 


27 27 


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 


Washington, A. A. Lott, i 

Coll. per Rev. R. M. Luther, Dist. Sec., Washing- 
ton, Calvary ch., add’l, 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $460.58. 


WEST VIRGINIA, $100.00. 


Coll. per Rev. Thos. Allen, Dist. Sec., Parkers- 
burg Asso., D. T. C. Farrow, tow. sup. Yello- 
mundoo, nat. pr., care Rev. G. N. Thomssen, 
10; Parkersburg, ch., 75; do., S. S., tow. sup. 
Pau Myo, in Dr. Cross’s sch., 15; 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $1,287.11. 


OHIO, $385.92. 


Lebanon, East, ch., 15; Cleveland, Idaka Memo- 
rial ch., S. S., 96-90; 

Coll. per Rev. Thos Allen, Dist. Sec., Sand Fork, 
ch. andS.5S, 

Rev. H. F. Adams, tow. sup. Pulikuri Beliah, care 
Rev. R. Maplesden, 

Ashtabula Asso., Perry, ch., 

Auglaize Asso., Amanda, L. H. Post, 

Cambridge Asso., Salem, ch., Rev. J. Deets, 

Central Asso., Jackson, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, 

Cleveland Asso., 3d ch. 

Clinton Asso., Centreville, ch., 22; S. S., 6.60; 

Dayton Asso., Bradford, S. $., tow. education ‘Tah- 
leh, lad in Mrs. Crumb’s sch., 6.25; Dayton, 
1st ch., S. S., tow. sup. Shway-Too, nat. pr., 
care Mrs. C. B. Thomas, 25; Dayton, Central 
Mission, 15.40; Sinking Creek, S. 5. (of wh. 25 
is for educating Moo-peh, lad, care Rev. A. 
Bunker, 32.66; Springfield, 1st ch., in pt., 2; 
Troy, ch., bal., 2.50; Gordon, ch., bal., 5; 

Huron Asso., Sandusky, ch., 

Lorain Asso., Camden, 6; Wellington, 4.05; 

Mad River Asso., Hickory Grove, ch., 

Miami Asso., J. D. Grible, for miss. work in Upper 
Burma, 5: Dayton-st. mission, Eng. dept., 17.76; 
German dept., 13.41; 

Welsh Asso., Youngstown, ch., 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $4,512.37. 


INDIANA, $153.00. 


Coll. per Rev. S. M. Stimson, Dist. Sec., North- 
East India Asso., Lima, ‘The Edgcombs, 

Logansport Asso., Peru, ch., 

Indianapolis Asso., Rev. Henry Day and children, 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $861.54. 


ILLINOIS, $645.37. 


Oak Park, a friend to missions, 10; a disciple, 50, 
— 10.50; Griggsville, ch., 60; Buckingham, M. 
F. Campbell, spec. Burman fund, per Rev. A. H. 
Burlingham, 5; Bunker Hill, Berean ch., 4.85; 
Greenfield, N. Dickerman, 6.50, per Rev. C. F. 
‘Tolman, — 11.35; 

Coll. per Rev. S. M. Stimson, Dist. Sec., Alton 
Asso., Upper Alton, S. S., 

acksonville Asso., Shelbyville, ch., 
loomfield Asso., Fairmount, ch., 5. S., 

Alton Asso., Alton S.S.,to be expended under 
direction Rev. M. Jameson, 

Bloomfield Asso., Danville, ch., 

Coll. per Rev. C. F, Tolman, Dist. Sec., Aurora 
Asso., Joliet, ch., in pt., 27.90; Morris, L. S. 
Regan, 7; 

Bloomington Asso., Hudson, S. S., 

Chicago Asso., Bloomingdale, J. R. Dunning, 5; 
Chicago, 1st ch., S. S., for helper at Ongole, care 
Dr. Clough, 50.01; 4th ch., in pt. (of wh, 10 is for 
Congo), 150; Morgan Park, Prof. E. B. Hulbert, 
25; Oak Park, Y. L. M. Soc., 70; 

Ottawa Asso., Granville, ch., 

Peoria Asso., Galesburg, S. S., for sup. Bapiram, 
care Rev. P. H. Moore, 

Salem Asso., Rozetta, ch., 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $3,317.78. 


IOWA, $114.51. 


Marcus, A. Cleghorn, 10; McGregor, Mrs. Thomas 
Arnold, 10; Ashawa, Samuel Brainard, 10; 

Coll. per Rev. C. F. Tolman, Dist. Sec., Cedar 
Valley Asso., New Hampton, J. A. Lapham and 
wife, 3; A. H. Schaefer. .75; 


March, 


$2 oo 


56 75 


86 85 


3 15 
23 05 
46 62 


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10 59 


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15 00 


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123 73 10 ©0 
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43 45 28 60 
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22 35 
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Davenport Asso., Iowa City, Young People’s Miss. 
Soc., for Congo, 5; Muscatine, ch., 22.12; 

English River Asso., Delta, ch., 2; Sigourney, 
Mrs. Eva Everman. $3 

Towa Valley Asso., Brooklyn, A. K. Wheeler, for 
foreign Scriptures, 

Linn Asso., Anamosa, S. S., for Ongole boys’ sch., 

Clarence, Mechanicsville Br., Mrs. J. 

Wightman, 1; Vinton, ch., 2.5 

Upper Des Falls, ch., 6.35: 
Renwick, ch., 2 8 

From April % 1885,‘ to Feb. 1, 1886, $1.335.22. 


MICHIGAN, $118.80. 


Allegan, Mrs. J. C. Willis, 1; East Saginaw, ch., 
Miss. Band, 2; Coldwater, John B. Fisk, 5: 
Vassar, Mrs. Martha J. Wightman, for the Congo 
Miss’n, 2; 

Coll. per Rev. S. M. Stimson, Dist. Sec., Saginaw 
Asso., Saginaw, ch., 

Flint River Asso., Cairo, ch., 3.95; S.S., 2; 

Wayne Asso., Kensin: gton, ch., 

Lenawee Asso. Medina, ch., S., 

Kalamazoo Asso., South Haven, ch., 

White River Asso., Pentwater, ch., 

Grand River Asso., Portland, ch., 28.75; do.,5.5S., 
for general work, 5.78; for sup. of Portland Peter 
in Mr. Downie’s sch., 8.74; 

Washtenaw Asso., Saline, ch., S. S., 

Grand Rapids Asso., big. Rz apids, ch., 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $1,725. 5I. 


MINNESOTA, $193.75. 

Bird Island, ch., 

Coll. per Rev. C. F. ‘Tolman, Dist. Sec., Central 
Asso., Albert Lea, Danish ch., for work in Den- 
mark, care Bro, Larsen, 

Minnesota Asso., Minneapolis, rst ch., S. S., for 
Rungiah, care Dr, Jewett, 131.25; Olivet, S. Bia 
for sup. B. Samuel in Ongole sch., 3.50; St. Paul, 
ist ch., S. S., for Gungavarupa Juliah, Ongole, 
31.12; for sch., 11.58; for Congo 
Miss’n, .50, — 

Southern Asso., Rushford, R. A. McLeod, 

Valley Asso., Tu Verne, Rope Holders, 

From April t, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $828.42. 


WISCONSIN, $271.74. 


Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Merriam, 

Coll. per Rev. C. F. Tolman, Dist. Sec., Central 
Asso. . Spencer, Rev. N. L. Sweet and wife, 

Janesville Asso., Monticello Prairie, Mrs. Ath- 


erton, 
La Fayette Asso., Darlington, Bro. Osborne and 
wife, 4; Mrs. Orton, 2; 


Lake Shore Asso., Meeme, ch., 5; Waukesha, W. 
D. Bacon, for No. Burma, 100; Waukesha, ch., 
in pt., 85.84; 

Winnebago Fort Howard, ch., 14.40; Meno- 
manee, ch., 7. 50; Ripon, special gift for Ram- 
khe, 10; 

Foreign- speaking churches, La Crosse, Scand., Ear- 
nest Workers, 6; Union Grove, Danish sisters, 
for work in Denmark, care Bro. Larsen, 10; 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $1.031.75. 


MISSOURI, $39.50. 


Carl Junction, Mrs. M. St. L. Loud, 2.50; Miss 
C. M. Loud, 2.50; 

Coll. per Rev. S. M. Stimson, Dist. Sec., St. Joseph 
Asso., St. Joseph, ch., 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $588.04. 


KANSAS, $14.80. 


Coll. per Rev. C. F. iam, Dist. Sec., South- 
eastern Asso., Richland, ch 

Scand. Conf., Kansas City, Swede Sisters, 

From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, 808.87. 


NEBRASKA, $102.93. 


Red Cloud, ch., spec. Bur. fund, per Rev. A. H. 
Burlingham, 


Donations. 


$27 12 
7 00 


30 00 


7 42 


g 22 


179 95 


5 00 


34 5° 


6 75 
8 05 


3 00 


Coll. per Rev. C. F. Tolman, Dist. Sec., 


Omaha 


Asso., Omaha, rst ch., $ro 76 
South Central Asso., Edgar, ch., 61.65; Hastings, 

S. S., 19.52; 81 17 
York Asso., Exeter, c 8 00 
From April 1, 1885, t write, 1, 1886, $590.22. 

DAKOTA, $13.10. 
Coil. per Rev. C. F. Tolman, Dist. Sec., Big 

Springs, Swede ch., 7 10 
Bluff Centre, A. Christofern, for work in Denmark, 

care Bro. Larsea, I 00 
Lisbon, S. 3 00 
From April L 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $125.04. 

OREGON, $83.75. 
Portland, > Olson, 20 00 
Coll. per Rev. C. F. ‘Tolman, Dist. Sec., Forest 

Grove, ch. (of wh. 5 is widow’s gift), 10 00 
Mount Olive, ch., 375 
W. B. F. M. ’Soc., for Miss Buzzell, 50 00 


From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $1,012.84. 


COLORADO, $1.00. 
Georgetown, C. E. Dewey, spec. Bur. fund, per 


Rev. A. H. Burlingham, I 00 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $97.90. 


CALIFORNIA, $500. 
San Francisco, per Mrs. B. C. Wright, tr. , from 
the Wom. For. Miss. Soc. of Cal., for sup. of 
Miss Skakle in the Congo Miss’n, 500 00 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $800.22. 


INDIAN TERRITORY, $50.00. 

Muskogee, a friend, 50 00 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $50.00. 

LOUISIANA, $10.00. 
New Orleans, Miss M. A. Savage, ‘ 10 00 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $10.00. 

TENNESSEE, $25.00. 
Nashville, Rev. D. W. Phillips and wife, 25 00 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb 1, 1886, $25.00. 

MISSISSIPPI, $5.00. 


Clinton, Dr. B. H. Whitfield, 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $5.00. 


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DENMARK, $300.00. 


From the Baptists, per M. Larsen, 300 00 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $400.00. 


ASSAM, $210.08. 


Amguri, Rev. E. W. Clark, Rs. 500, 210 08 
From April 1, 1885, to Feb. 1, 1886, $315.40. 
$15,305 70 
LEGACIES. 
Fairfax, Vt., J. H. Hotchkiss, $16 00 
So. Londonderry, Vt., Harriet M. 
olmes, 326 92 
Boston, Mass., Nancy M. B. Holmes, 200 00 
Danversport, Mass., Benjamin Porter, 48 94 
Gardner, Mass., Susannah Stone, 5 00 
Greenwich, N.Y., J. M. Holland, 100 00 
Newark, N.J.. Harris M. Baldwin, 175 60 
Sublette, lll., Mrs. Ella H. T rowbridge, 200 00 
New Castle, Pa., Olive Hazen, 95 00 
1,167 46 
$16,473 16 
Donations and legacies from April 1, 1885, to Jan. 
1, 1886, 77:759 4 


Donations and legacies from April 1, 1885, to Feb. 
1, 1886, $94,232 20 


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10 00 
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ROOMS, TREMONT TEMPLE, BOSTON. 


CorrESPONDING SecrETARY, Rev. J. N. MURDOCK, D.D., to whom letters relating to the missions and work of the 
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TREASURER, E. P. COLEMAN, to whom money for the general treasury should be sent. 
Money Orders, except for the publications, should be drawn in his favor. 
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Drafts, Checks, and Postal 
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DISTRICT SECRETARIES. 


New Encianp District.— Rev. W. S. McKenziz, D.D., Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. 

New York Soutuern District. — Rev. A. H. Burtincuam, D.D.,9 Murray Street, New York, N.Y. 
New York Centra District. — Rev. Gzorcz H. BricHam, Cortland, N.Y. 

SouTHerN District. — Rev. R. M. Lutuer, 1420 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Penn. 

District.— Rev. THomas ALLEN, Dayton, O. 

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Western District. — Rev. C. F. ToLmMan, 151 Wabash Ave., Chicago, IIl. 


WOMAN’S SOCIETIES. 
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Mrs. O. W. Gates, Corresponding Secretary, Newton Highlands. Miss Mary E. CLarkg, Treasurer, Tremont Temple, Boston. 


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Mrs. G. S. Asporr, Corresponding Secretary, Oakland. 


Mrs. B. C. WriGcut, Treasurer, San Francisco. 


Woman’s Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Oregon. 


Mrs. E. S. Larouretrte, Cor. Secretary, Oregon City. Mrs. P. W. Cuanper, Treasurer, Forest Grove. 


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The New Upnreht Piano of 
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© other musical instrument has incited the efforts of inventive talent to such a degree as has 
N the pianoforte; and yet, strangely enough, among all the undoubted improvements it has received, 
no one has hitherto been able to devise a practical and permanent improvement in the method 
of fastening the strings, upon which it may be said almost the whole value of the piano as a musical 
instrument depends, since a piano out of tune has no value as a musical instrument, and the capacity 
to remain in tune is almost wholly governed by the fastening of the strings. 

Since the world begun, or as soon after as pianos were invented, the end of the string has been 
wound around an iron peg driven intoa plank; and this peg has leaned and bent under the string’s 
enormous tension, and been twisted backward and forward under the hammer of the tuner in the 
tiresome effort to get it to the precise point where the string would be in tune, all the while loosening 
its grip on the fibre of the woud, and providing a certainty that the tuner would soon have to be sent 
for again. 

Every one knows how this same principle is employed in the violin, the strings winding around the 
peg which has frequently to be adjusted several times in the course of an evening’s performance. 

And yet it has been expected that a pianoforte, with a strain upon it equal to between éwenty and 
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The absurdity of it has not seemed to occur to the public, who wonder that their pianos are so 
soon wretchedly out of tune; and manufacturers have gone on, one after another, employing this crude 
and unsatisfactory device in instruments that are otherwise models of the highest skill in the art, just 
as though the piano could be improved in every other respect but this. 

At last it remained for MAson & HAMLIN, accustomed for years to ransack the world for improve- 
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too much to say that they have made the one improvement of all the others of this age. 

By means of an entire metal frame in which is cast a projecting flange, iron “carriers ” working on 
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